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<p>[Page 44]</p><p>someone's guest all the time, even if the people happen to be very dear and close relatives, as the Loebs are. Poor Luise seems to be rather ill, because on a recent photograph she looks sick and terribly aged, hardly recognisable. So everybody has to bear his or her cross and nothing is perfect in this world. The Loebs were blessed with plenty of money and other assets, but now the health is failing them.</p><p>The second-last remaining member of the old generation, my dear Aunt Mimi, Father's sister, has died peacefully on 20th of October, and only our Aunt Hanna survives. I pray to God that I will at least see her again. Aunt Mimi lived to the age of 76 and was fortunate enough not to suffer from any serious illness; she passed away in her sleep after contracting a light cold. Apart from her youth, she has not had much luck in her life. She married late and was widowed early, after her husband squandered most of her inheritance or used it to pay off his debts. Left with a fraction of her inheritance and reliant on my father's support, she had to eke out a living and adapt to a changing</p>