Friedrich Engels to Karl Marx
in London
Manchester, 24 August 1853

Dear Marx,

Tomorrow, if at all possible, I shall send money. Your letter arrived too late on Saturday for me to do anything about it; this week I had all sorts of stories, tomorrow it will go better I think, and the old bookkeeper has been warned.

The little one was here on Saturday. That he had been clattering was clear to me from the moment he wrote to Borchardt. He had sent him the thoroughly disgraceful letter from Lupus, in which the latter directly and very earnestly appeals to the “charitable hand” of the Bradford Jews. C’était une lettre à la brûler de suite, and Borch. immediately and most magnanimously sent a pound as alms for L., by the way in a very decent form, which he could very well afford since this released him from all his obligations. I must confess this letter from Lupus || made a very unpleasant impression on me, but even more unpleasant was the tactlessness of the little one in putting it into B.’s hands. I gave him a proper dressing-down about it, for that matter.

Enfin c’est fait. Should Lupus, when he goes to Liverpool, just make sure to come directly here, if possible on a Friday; I shall then arrange a rendez-vous with the little one. If L., as Dr[onke] intended, goes to Bradf[or]d first, the cancan will only develop further.

That Jacobi wants to go to America, you know. The fellow is really trop mou and makes, even upon the philistines, the impression of a helpless person. I do not believe he will ever get a practice, however much he pines for one. Withal one cannot help laughing when one reflects that the fellow is still a virgin.

Yours,
F. E.

Wednesday, 24 Aug. 53.