London, 21 December 1893 
122 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. [Copy/ 

Dear Adelheid, 

I still owe you my thanks for your kind congratulations on my 73” 
birthday *'* and am sending them today in order to use the occasion for 
wishing you a very nice holiday. I hope that the vacation from oratory ar- 
ranged for you during our stay in Vienna ~’’ has done you good and you are 
again as fit and full of fighting spirit as we all wish you to be. Unless I 
misread all the signs, you are in for eventful times and lengthy battles in 
Austria. May the workers there prove that, along with the necessary audacity, 
they possess the patience, calm, judgement and discipline which alone can 
lead to victory. 

Cordial greetings to you and all comrades, Your old 

F. Engels 

Take it from me, I will still claim that ‘kiss some day.