AT LE PERREUX 

London, 30 July 1890 

My dear Laura, 

Here we are again from the icy regions of the North—temperature 
mostly 10° in cloudy weather, very hot when the sun shone, two flannels 
and a topcoat not too much on an average! The journey has done us both 
a world of good, and with a Nachkur* at the seaside I hope to be 
completely set up again. I found Nim quite enthusiastic about her stay 
in Paris, she never enjoyed herself so much, and if I am not mistaken and 
you do not take care, you will have her an annual customer. 

We met the German fleet at Molde but young William> was not 
there—he sneaked past our steamer later on in the Sunelvsfjord in a 
torpedo boat—so that with the impossibility of getting papers we were 
out altogether of la grande politique. Fortunately nothing happened 
worth knowing—the first news at Bergen were about the reorganisation 
of the German Party after Oct. 1st,>* and on arriving here, the splendid 
news about the two fights in Leeds*’” where young Will Thorne proved 
himself a leader in battle of both courage and ability. This mode of 
lawful resistance is very much to be approved of, especially here in 
England—and it succeeded. 

Enclosed I found on my return and opened, but it is for Mémé. 

Cannot anyone in Paris give us any information about that de 
Lavigerie who here gives as references Baudin, Ferroul, Guesde, the 
whole of the party in the Chamber and those in the Conseil Municipal? 
Of course, if none of all these gentlemen will either disavow or acknow- 
ledge this man, or give any information about him, what must the people 
here do? So long as none of his references repudiate him, the people here 
cannot but take him for genuine. And if afterwards he turns out a black 
sheep, or does harm to our French friends (for to the people here he can 
do none), they must blame themselves. 

Now I must conclude. You will not want telling that I found an 
immense heap of correspondence, papers, etc. here and that I have my 

@ after-cure ~ © William II 

hands full for some days—so excuse this short note. Have you seen 
Paul’s Portrait in the Neue Welt Kalender—it is very good, so are the 
other Frenchmen. 

Love from Nim, Schorlemmer, 
and Yours ever 
F. Engels