Paris
Saturday, 9 September 1889
[Mr. Mariano Ponce]
MY FRIEND,
P. Roxas went there this morning. You take charge of receiving him and calling him. He said that you should not entertain him and also do not mention his name in La Solidaridad so that he would not be suspected by the tonsured men.[1] Call on him secretly and one by one.
We have a fellow-countryman by the name of Angel Marcaida[2] who would like to read my letter against Barrantes. He is arriving there at Barcelona and will stay at the Hotel del Oriente. Send him a copy and meet him. He has single daughter. I leave the matter in your hands.
I have not yet received Blumentritt’s Memoria.
I’m finishing Morga; that is why I’m very busy.
Yours friend,
RIZAL
02-436 [Blumentritt V.1]
[1] Meaning the friars.
[2] Filipino, a Spanish mestizo belonging to a rich Manila family.