London, 21 April 1860 
9 Grafton Terrace, Maitland Park, 
Haverstock Hill 

Sir, 

Eleven days ago I sent you a letter,” in which I notified you that 
I had still not received either an acknowledgment of, or a reply to, 
the numerous letters (enclosing documents, power of attorney, 
etc.) despatched from here and Manchester over the past two 
months, although your letter of 22 February had led me to expect 
an early communication and, according to that same letter, the 
action will become statute-barred on 22 April (i.e. tomorrow). I 
therefore requested an explanation. 

Having received no reply to that letter either, 1 am forced to 
conclude 

Either that my letters failed to arrive, although every one, save 
the last, was registered; 

Or that at least one of your letters has been intercepted. 

Therefore, should this letter suffer the same fate as_ its 
predecessors, I shall lodge a complaint both with the General Post 
Office over here and with the Prussian Embassy; I shall also, if 
need be, make a public protest in the columns of the London 
‘Times’. 

I am, Sir, Your most Obedient Servant, 

Dr K. Marx