[Eastbourne, 4 July 1886] 

Dear Kautsky, 

I would naturally prefer not to have any more visitors here, 59° as 
Schorlemmer will in any case probably be arriving tomorrow; how- 
ever, what has to be has to be. Besides, I shall be back in London on 
Wednesday * and hope that Mrs Guillaume-Schack will find enough 

* 7 July 

to do in town until then. °°? Since yesterday it has been oppressively 
hot here too, though all the same there has been a bit of a breeze — 
on Friday it was actually chilly and I couldn’t sit outside in the eve- 
ning without my overcoat. Best wishes to your wife. Pumps, Percy and 
Moore have taken a boat and gone out to catch fish for supper, pro- 
vided, that is, le bon dteu* doesn’t object to their breaking the Sab- 
bath and visit sea-serpents upon them. The Pilsener beer is also good 
here. 

Your 
F.E.