{London,] 12 May 1874 

Dear Citizen, 

It was not until today that I despatched to Paris the proofs* you 
sent me. I had a relapse; my doctor” sent me to the seaside resort 
of Ramsgate* and forbade me to do any work. It is as if the devil 
himself were involved. Now I am feeling better and hope I shall at 
last get it finished. There will be some three more instalments in 
all (including the instalment I have begun)."” 

I am much obliged to you for your amendments, etc. I have 
altered the sentence to which you drew my attention. 

You will remember that I wrote to you in St Sebastian saying 
that Bismarck was backing Thiers, but that the Prussian ambas- 
sador, Arnim, was, with the King’s’ support, conspiring with the 
royalists. Bismarck has finally toppled Arnim and caused him to 
be recalled from Paris. 

Yours ever, 
Karl Marx 

Roy’s manuscript was finished long ago, but as the whole thing 
had to be reworked from start to finish, the printer in Paris has 
not yet received my version, of which only the draft has been 
done.