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{London,] 8 November 1865 
1 Modena Villas, Maitland Park, 
Haverstock Hill 

Dear Freperick, 

I arrived here on Friday* evening. Strohn had pressed me very 
strongly to spend some days with him, but I had too much on my 
mind. I knew things were awry in London and thus wanted to be 
on the spot. 

The pisappointments Mrs Lizzy” prophesied for me came true 
with a vengeance. D’abord; on arrival at King’s Cross,’ my case had 
gone, and I still have not got it back even now, which is 
particularly annoying because of the ‘papers’ it contained, for 
which I am responsible. Then I found my child‘ was still very 
unwell. Finally, the tanptorp had been round, had made threats, 
and my wife had only calmed him down with promises of my return. 
The man talked of putting the ‘sroxer’ into the house and also of 

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terminating the tease, which the contract admittedly entitles him to 
do. All the other riff-raff appeared in the Lanptorp's wake, some of 
them in person, and some in the form of threatening letters. I 
found my wife so peso.are that I had not the courace to explain the 
TRUE STATE OF THINGS to her. And I really do not know what to do! And 
we also have to get coals in, etc. 

As well as these disappointments ONE Goop NEws. One of the two 
aunts in Frankfurt (the one who is 73,* the other” is two years 
younger) has passed on, but ab intestato‘ (being afraid of dying if 
she should make a will). I shall therefore have to share with the 
other heirs, which would not have been so if there had been a will, 
as she cared nothing for the others. And then another pleasant 
circumstance—we have to wait for the power of attorney from Mr 
Juta from the Care or Goon Horr. 

All these pleasant circumstances have rather gone to my 
stomach, so that I at once had myself made up some more of 
Gumpert’s medicine. 

Salut (to Mrs Lizzy, too). 

Your 
K. M.