part two • 1960 to 1964
After some early courting with others, Inge met Desmond Brown in 1960 when she was 24. Desmond was a dashing Canadian soldier who was hooked on opera. He would take Inge on dates with a portable turntable and his Gilbert and Sullivan records. Their first date he surprised her, taking her from Luxembourg where she lived, worked and studied French, to the base in France for a movie.
It was in Luxembourg where they met, at a café Des was patronizing with his sister Rosalie, whom he left to ask the barmaid with the great legs if she would go out with him. That was Inge in the 60s. Great legs. Nice smile. Smokey grey eyes. Learning French. And getting a foot hold on life. After that Inge went back to Germany to work and Des did alot more driving.
Des came with two young adorable children, Richard and Pamela, who were in boarding school at the time and came home to France and Germany to meet Inge. Inge married Des in 1962, twice. The army required a civil ceremony in France where Des was stationed. Also, Inge and her mother wanted a church wedding in Deutschland. The photos would have you believe it was quite a party… with Inge’s mother’s bathtub filled to brimming with wine and spirits for the reception which was held at her flat.
Then there was the honeymoon in Spain at the almost posh hotel of the legendary pool. And then to live briefly in France, first in Longyoun and then in Montmedy. Inge had her first child of two, here, her daughter Karen.
oh so Ingewitticisms and aphorisms of Inge's beloved Jane Austen
My idea of good company… Is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. Jane Austen
Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like. Jane Austen
Arriving late was a way saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. Jane Austen
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. Jane Austen
I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way. Jane Austen, Sense and sensibility
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! Jane Austen
My good opinion, once lost is lost forever. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other. Jane Austen, Emma
Laugh as much as you choose , but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Ah, there is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort. Jane Austen
but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short. Jane Austen