London, 1 October 1881 
41 Maitland Park Road, N. W. 

Dear Madam, 

I enclose herewith a note for my daughter.?'° Argenteuil is quite 
close to Paris, about 20 minutes from the Gare‘ St Lazare. 

I would have taken the liberty of inviting you to stay at my house 
in London—~and your son will have told you how greatly everyone 
in the family admires your works had not my wife’s shocking and, 

2 nurse-> Here: from the outset.-© Eleanor Marx-¢ Station 

I fear, fatal illness put a stop, as it were, to our intercourse with the 
outside world. 
With sincerest wishes for your future prosperity, 

Yours very truly, 

Karl Marx