 The following year Karl married Jenny von Westphalen, neither Henriette, nor any other member of the Marx family, attending.Over the years he complained repeatedly that his mother did not want to help him out of his financial distress, and openly hoped for her demise in order to hasten receipt of his inheritance.Henriette's view was that he should do more to earn money, she commenting "if only Karl had made Capital, instead of just writing about it".