Ka whakaputa i tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero Alexander and Edith's marriage was in difficulties: but the pair agreed to adopt Peggy Piddock, born in 1918, the daughter of Edith's younger sister May.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "Ko te marena o Alexander raua ko Edith i roto i nga raruraru: engari i whakaae te tokorua ki te tango i a Peggy Piddock, i whanau i te 1918, te tamahine a te tuahine iti o Edith, a ko raua tokorua i whakatapua ki a raua tamahine, i pupuri pea i te tokorua. "