AT BRIDLINGTON QUAY 
[Argenteuil,] 16 August 1881 

Dear Engels, 

We shall have to leave tomorrow, as I have received a letter from 
Miss Maitland* saying that Tussy is * very il, will not allow Miss 
Maitland to attend her any longer, has called no doctor,* etc. Len- 
chen will possibly, indeed probably, have to accompany Mama to 
London; I shall have to set off at once (i. e. To-morrow and then carry 
on non-stop). 

Your 
K. M. 

I at once wrote to Dr Donkin about Tussy; however he may no 
longer be in London.