| 1 Modena Villas
April 26th/67.

My dear Dada,

Just as  Marx an E. Marx und Familie Marx, zw. 13. u. 26.4.1867.
Schließen your letter came  Siehe P. Lafargue an Marx, nach dem 23.4.1867 „Je n’ai pas besoin de vous donner de nouvelles de votre famlille ...“.
Schließen I was declaring that I thought you never could stay away a whole fortnight without writing, & that I never would forgive you, 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  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.
Schließen „Oh! would I were a bird that I might to thee & breathe a loving word to one so dear to me“.  Paul Lafargue.
Schließen has been keeping me in books, he got me  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“.
Schließen Cooper's Deerslayer, Homeward Bound, Eve Effingham, & I am going to read the „Waterwitch“ & Two admirals. You see I'm quite „going the hog“.  In Capetown wohnte Marx’ Schwester Louise mit ihrem Mann Carel Juta.
Schließen We had £ 5 sent us from the Cape | which was a very agreeable surprise. I have not arranged your books yet, but I'm going to tomorrow.  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.
Schließen „The Knight of the Rueful Countenance“, is looking more rueful than ever because his holidays are up next week.

 19. April 1867.
Schließen On Good Friday I eat 16  Traditionelles Gebäck zum Karfreitag in England.
Schließen hot cross buns,  Laura Marx.
Schließen Laura &  Jenny Marx (Tochter).
Schließen Jenny eat 8. Louisa, & Percy Frieligrath 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.  Haustiere in der Familie Marx.
Schließen Tommy, Blacky & Whisky 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  Der Brief von Franzisca Kugelmann an Eleanor Marx, geschrieben vor dem 26. April 1867, konnte nicht ermittelt werden.
Schließen a letter from Franziska.

Now dear Dady goodbye

Believe me
Your undutyful
daughter
Eleanor