{Neuenahr,] 18 August 1877 
Hotel Flora 

Dear Bracke, 

Let me have the eighth sheet.” 

Couldn’t you come here for half a day? It’s not far from Ems. 

As regards B. Becker, he attempted (an attempt I thwarted 
without his knowledge) to cast suspicion on you in the eyes first of 
Hirsch and Kaub and to make you out to be a ‘money-grubber’. 
Small wonder that he is now performing the opposite manoeuvre. 
It would be best not to give the man any indication that one knows 
him. 

Hirsch is an absolutely reliable man and capable of the utmost 
self-sacrifice; his main weakness—insufficient knowledge of 
human nature so that people who know how to feign enthusiasm 
for the cause find it easy to take him in, if not for very long. 

Trusting that I shall see you here and that you will make the 
acquaintance of my wife and daughter (the youngest is with me 
here), 

Yours very sincerely, 

K. M.