AT LE PERREUX 
London, 20 September 1890 

My dear Lafargue, 

Thank you for the information about Caron.?’ Herewith my reply* 
to this amiable fellow who ‘is in no doubt that my reply will be in the 
affirmative’. Don’t talk to me of ‘Lonpon Assurance’ or Yanktk jour- 
nalists’ cheek. The Germans and French outdo them by far and, 
what’s more, with an elegant effrontery that suits them toa T. However 
I’m not sure that it isn’t my own dear countrymen who don’t carry 
off first prize. 

Nothing new to report here. Aveling must have written to you 
about Lavigerie.? However it’s very curious that this individual 
should have in his possession a document (copy) signed by Lafargue, 
Guesde, Deville, etc., announcing Guesde’s impending arrival in 
London and a letter from Coulombeau inviting Aveling and Tussy to 
the Lille Congress ** on behalf of the National Committee of the 
Workers’ Party.?° The originals of all the documents he purports to 

* See previous letter.-” See Engels’ letter to Laura Lafargue of 30 July 1890 (present 
edition, Vol. 48). 

have must have been seen by Aveling last Monday — but I’ve heard 
nothing since Sunday.* 
Herewith cheque for £20. 

Yours ever, 

F.E.