London, 24 September 1886 

My dear Laura, 

I suppose you are at this moment at the Assize Court watching 
Paul’s trial,?* I hope it will end in an acquittal. In the meantime 
I have a bit of agreeable news for you. Meissner sends this morning 
account for last seasons sales, and the result is a profit of 2,600 marks 
or about £130 for us, after deducting all expenses of the second vol- 
ume*; so your share will be above £40-. I have told him to remit the 
money, and as soon as received I shall send you a cheque for your 
share. There were sold 320 copies of Volume I and 1,260 of 
Volume II. 

The English edition will hardly be out before the New Year. °° It 
looks as if Sonnenschein had more pressing things on hand, and in the 
hands of the same printer, by which our book was pushed back. The 
thing is proceeding, but rather slowly. 

I had a letter from Tussy on her arrival in New York, °°! she 
had a very pleasant voyage, but was rather disappointed at the live 
American bourgeois she met on board, it rather dampened her en- 
thusiasm for America, but prepared her for the realities of American 

* of Capital-° of the first volume of Capital 

life. 

Old Becker* has been with me this last week, he is very jolly but 
getting rather rickety in body. He will leave for Paris next Tuesday” 
and hopes to see you there.*? He is a splendid old chap, 
seventy-eight and still quite abreast of the movement. 

No news from Schorlemmer here. How about your journey to Lon- 
don? You will be able to come to a resolution, if that be still necessary, 
after to-day’s verdict. But even if Paul should be sent to Pélagie 
again, *°? that is not so pressing, surely they will give him a few weeks 
leave and so you and he might still come over for a bit. 

Ever yours affectionately, 
F. Engels