Kammala wannan jumla: A 1926 Acton yayi aiki a matsayin "mai tsaro na musamman" a lokacin
Janar ya yi yajin aiki, kamar yadda ba shi da siyasa, kuma ya sami digiri. A watan Oktoba ya ɗauki ɗaki a Paris, a 29 Quai de Bourbon, kuma Pavel Tchelitcheff ya zana hotonsa. Motsawa tsakanin Paris da London a cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa, Acton ya nemi neman muryarsa a matsayin marubuci. A cikin 1927 ya fara aiki a kan wani labari, kuma littafi na uku na waƙoƙi, "Five Saints and an Appendix", ya fito a farkon shekara mai zuwa. Wannan ya biyo bayan tatsuniyar tatsuniya, "Cornelian", a watan Maris. A watan Yuli Acton ya yi aiki a matsayin Best Man a bikin auren Evelyn Waugh zuwa Honorable Evelyn Gardner. Waugh's "Raguwa da Faduwa" ya ba da sadaukarwa ga Acton 'a cikin girmamawa da ƙauna', amma lokacin da littafin Acton kansa <unk> bala'i mai suna "Humdrum" <unk> ya bayyana a watan Oktoba 1928, an tsara shi a kwatanta da "Raguwa da Faduwa" ta masu sukar irin su Cyril Connolly.