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The rainbow never sets
"Why not?" said Onkel Rudolf, "I'll have a word to Armgard's husband
Viv." Armgard was Tante Margaret's sister.
During my absence at Wunder & Siemering, the young Wilhelm
Wunder had come back from England and South Africa and it became
clear that the two junior partners were unable to get on with each other. It
had been decided then that the firm would divide on 1 August into
Wunder & Sohn and Aug. Siemering & Co. When I heard the news I was
very disappointed. On the one hand my loyalty was to Wunders through
their connection with Kreglinger, but I had a much better rapport with
Jürgen Siemering. All the employees were given the choice which firm to
join. Reluctantly I had to choose Wunder & Sohn, because of their
Kreglinger connections.
Whilst still in Blumenthal I received an invitation to a ball of the Bremen Nobility Club, mostly refugees from East Germany. There I met Kurt von Heyking and a couple of girls. For a little while I took one of them out, going to the pictures, on bike rides, usually with Kurt and his girl friend, but it didn't last very long. It was good to go back to playing tennis after that. Hugo also played tennis and we often played singles together.
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