Manchester, 3 October 1859 

Dear Moor, 

What you wrote and told me about Das Volk was most welcome 
news. It now transpires that the philistine who raised an outcry 
had taken out a subscription with Thimm aprés tout‘ 

What’s this about proceedings in the County Courr?? 

a against his will. Cf. Moliére’s Le Médecin malgré lui. - > Good-bye and farewell. - 
¢ after all - 4 See this volume, p. 495. 

Because of sundry interruptions and an (otherwise insignificant) 
inflammation of the left eye which prevents me doing much 
writing by gas-light, ‘Infantry’ is not quite finished. You'll get it by 
Friday for sure. 

My quarrel not settled yet and might still be damnably 
long-drawn-out. But I’ve got the scoundrel* pretty well pinned 
down and believe I can now stand back and watch; whatever 
happens, though, it’s going to cost money—that’s the most 
annoying thing about it; moreover, the Law being what it is here, 
one can never be quite sure of one’s case. At all events, things look a 
good deal better now. 

The Free Press hadn’t arrived the day before yesterday; I shall go 
and have another look presently. What sort of a branch is it that 
Urquhart has opened in Berlin? 

So it now transpires that the Russian memorandum appeared 
in the Preussisches Wochenblatt! (I’ve only just seen the 
August number of The Free Press.) Apart from what’s in The 
Free Press? have you any other scandalous stuff about great 
men *67> 

Your 
F. E. 

Have a complete account made out for Thimm as soon as 
possible, i.e. covering the pre-Lessner period as well; the fellow 
apparently intends to pocket the money. But send me a full list of 
the people who subscribed through Thimm, so that I can keep a 
check on reimbursements and send round a circular telling people 
that they can reclaim their money from Thimm. 

Siebel’s indifferent verse‘ was sent to the Hermann behind 
Siebe?’s back by a chap in Germany to whom he had written 
enclosing it. He promptly wrote to the editors, and only then did 
he learn how this had come about.