| Author(s) | Friedrich Engels |
|---|---|
| Written | 29 November 1892 |
ENGELS TO AUGUST BEBEL
IN BERLIN
London, 29 November 1892
Dear August,
Many thanks for your good wishes—I stood the whole thing very well and without any evil after-effects whatever, nor should I be in any way averse to celebrating yet another birthday tomorrow—but so strict a watch is kept on me that I should never be allowed to indulge in such excesses! Your Prussian police are as nothing by comparison with a medical Witch[1] like this. But I always keep wondering what good it will do and what are the sins that have earned me such conscientious surveillance. Being unable to rid myself of a silly superstitious belief in 'equalising justice', I am drinking mineral water and lemonade and doing penance for the aforesaid sins without knowing whether I have actually committed them. More about politics in my next—in a day or two[2] —but I must see to it that I finish Volume III.[3] In France things look remarkably tempestuous; c'est le commencement de la fin[4] ! The time will again come when the French will have an opportunity to show their good qualities.
Warm regards.
Your F. E.
Thank you so much for the fine gluepot; it will be pressed into service straight away for Volume III.