London, 4 July 1885 

My dear Laura, 

Herewith the cheque £ 15.- as desired by Paul who I hope does 
not suffer too much from the heat which ought to be rather trying in 
Ste Pélagie*°? by this time. 

Your adventure with the Russians vividly recalled to me the times 
when one was never sure that Dupont would not drop in about half 
past one in the morning with one or two cifoyens* (something in 
a lightly elevated state) whom he then and there deposited for the 
night. 

Justice announces, as you may have seen, that Reeves (a rather im- 
pecunious small man of Fleet St.) is going to publish a translation of 
Deville’s extract of the Capital in ‘numbers’. This is a dodge against 
our translation.*?° If it comes out I shall have to declare that Devil- 
le’s extract is anything but faithful or rather too faithful in the second 
half, giving all the conclusions and leaving out most of the premises 
and all the qualifications. 

Fortin of Beauvais sends me the beginning of his translation of The 
18th Brumaire.’ I have not yet had time to look at it. 

I have nearly done dictating of the 3rd volume *— what can be dic- 
tated. Then, after my return from the seaside (end of August) *?! 
comes first the sorting of the letters, etc. (and also of the books), and 

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citizens - ° See this volume, pp. 62-63. - © of Capital 

then the real work with the 3rd volume. Of the 2nd volume no news. 
If it does not come next week I shall write. These publishers always 
have some business pretext why a thing should not be brought out at 
once. 

Mohr’s trial at Cologne* is being reprinted in Zurich. 

Of the Russian translation [of] 2nd volume 18 sheets out of 33 are 
already done.?°! 

Now I must go to town on urgent private affairs (cash), so no more 
today from 

Yours ever affectionately, 

F. Engels