Manchester, 5 July 1864 

Dear Moor, 

When I wrote to you on 3 June, saying I would settle the 
business of the money on the 4th,’ this can only have related to 
the money in the bank, about which I did actually make 
arrangements straight away. It didn’t occur to me that you would 
want any more money for the present, and we had in fact agreed 
that you would write and say if you did wish to have any more; 
hence I simply left it on deposit with that philistine Steinthal, who 
does, after all, pay 5%. 

But to serrie the matter of the legacy from the 3rd to the 4th of 
June would have been promising more than I or anyone else 
could do. I believe I also wrote and told you that this might be a 
fairly lengthy business, depending as it did on all sorts of legal 
formalities (apvertisinc a request to Lupus’s undeclared creditors, 
payment of estate duty, etc.) which can’t be hurried along. 
However, Ill leave no stone unturned to wind up the affair 
quickly. 

But this is not, of course, to say you won't get an approximate 
share of the bequest as soon as you want it. You'll be getting a 
minimum of £600—I hope more—so we'll be able to send you 
another £350 or so, and I shall see to it that you actually get it this 
week. I shall also badger Borchardt to send in his bill, for this is 
partly why much still remains to be settled. 

If only you’d dropped me a couple of lines before now, I should 
have been able to procure the £350 for you at any time, i.e. within 

@ See this volume, p. 535. 

a day or two. Today I can’t do anything. I’ve been slaving away at 
the office all day, arguing with lawyers and G. Ermen (the peep or 
PARTNERSHIP isn’t ready yet, and until then G. E. refuses to recognise 
my right to-act as a partner?”°), on top of which I’ve had Dronke 
here. Now it’s nearly 7 o'clock, and I’ve still had no pinner, nor 
have I yet finished work. So you see how things are. 

Many regards. 

Your 
F, E.