Friday 3 rd April. My dear Challey,

You will see from this sheet that we did not, as we originally intended, stay at Newhaven but are already installed at Dieppe. Laura Lafargue schreibt von der Hochzeitsreise. The fact is that when we arrived at the former place we could discover in it nothing worth while our passing a day & a half there, which was the period between the arrival of one boat & departure of another. I therefore proposed starting at once for Dieppe, & Paul having no objection, we did so.

We had the loveliest weather for our journey, but although the sea was as smooth as a glass our fellow travellers indulged in the most disgusting fits of sickness, not much to my edification. This part of our adventures is, however, too long to be told you now, so I put it up together with a lot of other anecdotes for my next letter. We fell in with a splendid specimen of a big “adipose” merchant who was taking a day or two for himself, but who could not speak a word of any language but Paris for the last 20 years) & was terribly afraid of being imposed upon on the way. The only word he had picked up on his manifold journies was the word “damp-skippen” which he informed me with much emotion was the German for “Steam boat”—He thought I was French—

We are at present stopping in an Hôtel at Dieppe where we have found all we want & rather more than the place exceedingly pretty.

We shall start for Paris on Saturday morning at 11 o’clock & as soon as we arrive, Paul or I will write to you. I hope you are  better, my dear Papa; — I am very much afraid the black-coat ceremonyDie Hochzeit von Laura Marx und Paul Lafargue fand am 2. April 1868 statt. you went through on Thursday may have hurt you.

I can’t fancy that I have left you all, for good, etc etc.— If I were to speak to you on that subject I should keep you too long.

I am your affectionate tailor Kakadou!

My dear Jenny,

I have really too much to tell you for this letter, & as Paul is rather fidgety already, I leave the rest of this sheet for him to fill up.

I am your affectionate sister Laura Lafargue.

My love to all: — Mama, Jenny, Tussy Eleanor Marx., Helen Helena Demuth.,—not to forget Engels. –

Also to Master Whiskey, little Sambo & Joco, Blackie & Martha Jonnkins.

Ma chère Jenny

Souvent je songe à vous et aux betises que nous avons faites dans notre fameux voyageMarx’ Töchter Jenny, Laura und Eleanor besuchten Bordeaux vom 21. Juli bis etwa 10. September 1867 auf Einladung der Familie Lafargues. Siehe Marx an L. Kugelmann, 13.7.1867 und Erl.. Je voudrai vous avoir vous et votre papa. Un jour je vous aurai encore. Ma femme vous a dit deja tout ce qu’il y avait de plus interessant dans notre voyage. – Criez dans le toyaut de l’oreille de Engels, que nous n’avons pas manqué le train.

Je vous serre la main Paul Lafargue