Chapter Two
Helmut left for work at 8:30 for a nine o’clock start. It was a routine he had stuck to and Helga could set a watch to it. He kissed his wife on the cheek and closed the door behind him, leaving her with just the maid and a housekeeper. Sometimes she could actually feel relief when he left, most of the times she felt lonely and ill at ease, but this morning she felt a new emotion, excitement. In an hour and a half she would meet Harriet and as yet she didn’t know what her Anglo-American friend would show her.
What to wear today? She stood in front of the wardrobe and stared at the outfits as she tried to decide what to wear. There had been no hints. Would they be indoors or outdoors? The ten o’clock appointment suggested the former but she was still dithering and eventually s
