Letter to Friedrich Adolph Sorge, November 5, 1890

Author(s)	Friedrich Engels
Written	5 November 1890

First published in Briefe und Auszüge aus Briefen von Joh. Phil. Becker, Jos. Dietzgen, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx u. A. an F.A.Sorge und Andere, Stuttgart, 1906
Printed according to the original
Published in English in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 49

ENGELS TO FRIEDRICH ADOLPH SORGE

IN HOBOKEN

[London,] 5 November 1890

Today I have some sad news to pass on to you. My good, dear, loyal Lenchen fell peacefully asleep yesterday afternoon after a short and for the most part painless illness. We had spent seven happy years together in this house. We were the only two left of the old guard of the days before 1848. Now here I am, once again on my own. If Marx was able to work in peace over a period of many years as I have dur- ing the past seven, it was largely thanks to her. How I shall manage now I do not know. Another thing I shall sorely miss is her marvel- lously tactful advice in party matters. Cordial regards to your wife; would you please pass on this news to the Schlüters.

Your

F.E.