1 Modena VillasApril 26th/67. My dear Dada,

Just as your letter Marx an E. Marx und Familie Marx, zw. 13. u. 26.4.1867. came I was declaring that I thought you never could stay away a whole fortnight without writing, & that I never would forgive you,Siehe P. Lafargue an Marx, nach dem 23.4.1867 „Je n’ai pas besoin de vous donner de nouvelles de votre famlille ...“. but my rage began to evaporate amazingly quickly as soon as your letter was read, & now I'm actually writing to you.

I have not as I used to do looked in the beds for you, but I constantly sing „Oh! would I were a bird that I might to thee & breathe a loving word to one so dear to me“.Erste Zeilen aus einer englischen Broadside-Ballade. Broadside-Balladen – die in England seit dem 16. bis zum etwa Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts verbreiteten Volks- bzw. Straßenlieder, deren Texte auf Blättern unterschiedlicher Länge veröffentlicht wurden, mit dem Hinweis auf eine bekannte Melodie. has been keeping me in books, he got me Cooper's Deerslayer, Homeward Bound, Eve Effingham, & I am going to read the „Waterwitch“ & Two admirals Eleanor Marx nennt die Werke von James Fenimore Coopers „The Deerslayer“, „Homeward Bound“, „Eve Effingham“ (auch u. d. T. „Home as Found“), „The Water Witch“, „The Two Admirals“.. You see I'm quite „going the hog“. We had £ 5 sent us from the CapeIn Capetown wohnte Marx’ Schwester Louise mit ihrem Mann Carel Juta. which was a very agreeable surprise. I have not arranged your books yet, but I'm going to tomorrow. „The Knight of the Rueful Countenance“Gemeint ist Paul Lafargue. – Anspielung auf den Beinamen („El Caballero de la Triste Figura“,) den sich die Titelgestalt in Miguel de Cervantes Saavedras Roman „El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha“ selbst gibt., is looking more rueful than ever because his holidays are up next week.

On Good Friday19. April 1867. I eat 16 hot cross buns,Traditionelles Gebäck zum Karfreitag in England. Laura Laura Marx. & Jenny Jenny Marx (Tochter). eat 8. Louisa, & Percy Frieligrath Freiligrath Percy Freiligrath. came here the other day & Percy jumped out of the window on the first landing, because I said he could not, & he wrote me that he would jump out again if I asked him to. Tommy, Blacky & Whisky Haustiere in der Familie Marx. send their compliments. Paul & Laura have had three riding lessons. Laura looks very nice in her riding habit, & Paul looks a little shaky. The days after the lessons however both were rather stiff & I had to make Paul a cushion to rest his bruised behind upon. I was much surprised to receive a letter from Franziska.Der Brief von Franzisca Kugelmann an Eleanor Marx, geschrieben vor dem 26. April 1867, konnte nicht ermittelt werden.

Now dear Dady goodbye Believe meYour undutyfuldaughter Eleanor