[London,] 22 July 1881 

*My dear Jenny, 

The doctor* has just left Mama, and we shall start on Tuesday 
or Wednesday next. You will be informed by telegram of the exact 
day. 

Please write at once, because Mama will not get away from London 
before you have written her which things from London may be re- 
quired by you. You know she is fond of that sort of commission- 
business. * 

I enclose £5, since you will have to pay cash for the hire of bed- 
linen etc.; the remainder will be paid when I arrive. Only on these 
terms will I agree to the arrangement you have suggested. 

As *to the story Hirsch has told you with respect to Lafargue, it is a 
mere lie. Lafargue, as I was sure from the beginning, has never writ- 
ten anything of the sort to his Paris correspondents. 

Adio, dear child, with 1000nd kisses to the children 

Old Nick*