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I felt that I had to get away from Bethanie for a while and decided to do a journey to Natal to Brother Stielau. I travelled there by rail. I gave my car to Theo and his family for this time, so they could use it to travel wherever they wanted to. The chauffeur was Steffens Ralise [?] from Bethanie. When
I returned from Natal I had the unpleasant story with Otto Harms and Helene who accused him of No. 6. The matter ended up in the Brits court, was dealt with unilaterally and nothing came of it, although O.H. was guilty. And because of this matter Otto and Bertha Harms and Cousin Georg and his family avoided me although it had not been me but Helene Joubert who had laid the charges. Nobody believed her. I sent her back to Florida to Theodor, and Christine Ratlou cooked for me in Brits and a Karoline Phatshoam in Bethanie and in February I moved to Brits with all my things and did my work in the congregation in Bethanie from there and travelled up and down by car.
When I thought about the necessary re-marriage, I kept on thinking of Miss Bertha Hess in Elim whom I had noted during the anniversary in 1925 in Valdesia. After I had done some enquiries and had heard that she was still there and was still free, I wrote a letter to her in