Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, Smith nomudzimai wake vakadzoswa kuRomania, vachingosvika apo Britain yakanga yazivisa hondo kuGermany. Smith akanga asingashandi muchiuto nemhaka yebasa rake neBritish Council, kunyange zvazvo zvichida kuti kuona kwake kwakanga kwakashata kwaizoreva kukundikana kunorapwa kwaidiwa. Mukati memwedzi yavo 13 muRomania, Smith naManning vakaona hondo yakanga ichiswedera pedyo, kubatanidza kubviswa pachigaro kwaMambo Carol uye kusimuka kwechiFascism. Zvakaitika zvevaviri ava zvaifanira kuumba hwaro hwemabhuku maviri okutanga e"Fortunes of War", "The Great Fortune" uye "The Spoilt City". Smith anooneka mubhuku racho somunhu mukuru anonzi Guy Pringle, munhu mukuru, anobuda pachena, uye anodanana nemamwe makomonisiti uyo anoitira hanya zvishoma mudzimai wake mutsva nepo achipa hanya uye nguva kune vamwe vose. VaSmiths vaigara vachipinda munzanga yecafe, asi Manning aiwanzodzokera kumba mangwanani, achisiya murume wake mutsva kuti ataure nomwoyo wose asi nenzira isina uchenjeri nezvezvakanaka zvechiKomonisiti, kubatanidza kuti vaJudha vaizobatwa zvakanaka sei muRomania yaigarwa neRussia, uye kuregerera chibvumirano cheSoviet naHitler, uye kupindira kweRed Army muEurope.
kupinda muFinland. Sezvakangoita mumabhuku acho, zita raSmith rakaziviswa neGestapo kuti aiva musori.