London, 8 August 1877
Dear Bracke,

Your letter received. I leave today.*” You will be getting a letter
from me in a few days’ time (perhaps even in two) directed to Ems
poste restante.

Engels cannot be of service to you ***; he is at a seaside resort
and will shortly be moving on, possibly to Jersey or the Isle of
Man or elsewhere.**? Such little time for work as he has at his
disposal is, moreover,—under present circumstances— wholly
spoken for.

As regards B. Becker, I must say that I am totally opposed to his
being entrusted in any way with Lissagaray’s work.'** In Paris he
abused me and Engels—not to speak of yourself—in no uncertain
terms and now in London (where he has been for the past two
months) has taken great care to keep out of my sight. His
fury—as I had already heard from Paris—was due solely to your
publishing Lissagaray’s work! His insults and intrigues are a
matter of complete indifference to me, but I cannot under any
circumstances permit this individual to be mixed up in anything
that has to do with Lissagaray.

As for Isolde,’ she seems to know more about extortion than
translation.

Yours,
K. M.