Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akakurira norudo rwekare rwenyika naMwari. Mukoma wake mukuru, aivawo mukuru mukuru, akaurayiwa muna 1940. Kupinda kweGermany muna May 1940 uye kukundwa kweFrance kwakanga kuchimushungurudza zvikuru; paakaziva kuti Marshal Philippe Pétain akanga akumbira kugumisa hondo
kubva kuvaGermany muna June, akadonha. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, shamwari yakamuudza kuti mumwe mukuru mukuru wechiduku De Gaulle akanga achienderera mberi nehondo muEngland, uye Rogerie akasarudza kubatana naye.