But that autumn was not all gloom. Bridget danced on the table at Victor von Plessen’s birthday party, while in Berlin a performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony conducted by Furtwängler ‘swamped’ Peg’s soul ‘with sound and emotion’. Then, back again at Wolfsgarten, where, having saved up lots of food, Peg and Lu hosted a house party for a group of close friends
