[London,] 16 April 1885 

Dear Kautsky, 

Lenchen has a touch of bronchitis and has been ordered to bed by 
the doctor, so our usual Sunday dinner must, alas, be given a miss. 

* The Italian translation of Engels’ The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State 
(see also this volume, p. 215). 

I trust your wife is at last rid of her headache. 
Kind regards. 

Your 
F. Engels