{Manchester,} 14 September 1852 

Dear Marx, 

Pieper has written asking me to send him the corrected 
translation? by return of post. Cela me convenait bien.” I had a pain in 
the abdomen and was unfit for any kind of work. Tell him that if 
he wants answers to his letters, the least he can do is give his 
address; Pieper, Esq., is not as well known as all that in London, 
even if he has become a clerk at 25/-a week. Apart from that, 
there’s no reason why he shouldn’t go on with the translation, but 
he must take a little more trouble or, if he can’t, at least leave 
blank spaces to be filled in by me, when he strikes a difficult 
patch, which is after all better than writing nonsense out of sheer 
carelessness. His pretext for writing to me, by the way, was simply 
that he didn’t know whether I thought him capable of doing the 
thing at all. He shall have a detailed list of his principal mistakes, 
with comments.° 

I might be able to get the thing done tonight and tomorrow 
evening, as I am now feeling better. 

For the rest, his letter faithfully echoed everything he had heard 
at your house and which I, of course, already knew. 

I take it that Pindar has been to see you? He wrote to me from 
London and is on his way to Paris. I shall write to him this 
evening. I have also made the acquaintance of his Swede or Finn; 
c'est une ove, petite bourgeoise au plus haut degré, qui parait s‘étre bientot 
consolée du départ de son époux. He was right to give the creature 
the slip. I shall visit his mater once or twice more for appearances’ 
sake and then drop the whole thing; c’est embétant to listen to the 
cold-blooded little witch maligning her husband. 

I hope the discounting affair turned out all right and that things 
at home are going a little better. I am now thinking up a new way 
of saving a few pounds; if it succeeds, I shall probably be able to 

aK. Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (see this volume, pp. 175 
and 183). - > That suited me very well. - © See this volume, pp. 190-93. - ¢ she’s a 
goose, petty bourgeois to the marrow, who seems quickly to have consoled herself 
for her hushand’s departure - © it’s a bore 

send you something more by the beginning of next month— ce. in 
about 14-16 days. It depends partly on whether my brother-in- 
law* comes here and if so, when. 

Enclosed two things from Weydemeyer; you might let me have 
the Lithogr?™ back some time for the archives. Hafner’s memoran- 
dum *” is interesting, though obviously written for our consump- 
tion—c’est une pétition. 

Best wishes to your wife and children. 

Your 
F. E. 

You'll be glad to see that Heinzen is on his last legs.”