[London,] 2 November 1858

Dear Frederick,

'Montalembert' will do. Yesterday I wrote about Quasimodo's
goings-on with the Portuguese.

Enclosed you will find works by the great Blind, who now
functions as a 'united' friend of the people. The £100 has
also been remitted to him by Kinkel. Keep the stuff. You will
observe that Pyat and Mazzini still stand head and shoulders above
these German democrats in the matter of style, etc. Blind has also
set his hand over here to the trade he learnt on the Mannheimer
Abendzeitung. He gets a couple of acquaintances in Hamburg to
send to English papers letters (composed by himself) in which
mention is made of the stir created by his anonymous pamphlets.
His friends then write more letters, this time to the
German press, saying what a fuss has been made by the English
papers, etc. That, you see, is what it is to be a man of action.

Paid a visit to 'unhappy' Pieper in hospital. Has a syphilitic boil
on his forehead. Otherwise the same old Pieper. Probably won't be
cured before the end of December, when he proposes to take a
trip to Hanover.

I have the most damnable toothache and so can't write any more
today.
Regards to Lupus.

Your
K. M.