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The house needed only a little renovation, and so as early as July Martha packed huge quantities of clothing into the company Jaguar and drove with her daughter to France and had the rest sent after her by a transport company. After all, the house had to be set up in style and in a manner befitting her rank. A neighbor noticed upon her departure, that it looked more like moving house rather than a holiday trip. How right he was.
I stood back alone in the half emptied flat, relieved and with a sense of jubilation. Back in Hamburg I went about my work with new enthusiasm. Then I saw Martha’s credit card accounts for the last two months. I was stunned, had to look twice at the account to be sure I had not made a mistake about the position of the comma. No, truly it was 29,000 and 32,000 Marks that Martha had spent in two months for clothing and junk, entries from Chanel, Hermes, Gucci – no acquisitions of lasting value. I went to Martha’s bedroom and open the wardrobe. There are hanging, carefully arranged in a row, like in a boutique, many outfits from Chanel, at least 5,000 Marks a piece, seven in number - not worn. Martha is sick! She is on an uncontrolled spending spree.
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