Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan 'yan kwanaki, an sake kiran Smith da amaryarsa zuwa Romania, sun isa daidai lokacin da Birtaniyya ta ayyana yaƙi da Jamus. An cire Smith daga aikin soja saboda aikinsa tare da Majalisar Burtaniya, kodayake yana da alama cewa rashin gani da gani zai haifar da gazawar likita da ake buƙata. A cikin watanni 13 da suka yi a Romania, Smith da Manning sun ga yakin da ke gabatowa, ciki har da fidda Sarki Carol da kuma hauhawar Fascist. Abubuwan da ma'aurata suka samu sun kasance tushen tushen litattafai biyu na farko na "Fortunes of War", "The Great Fortune" da kuma "The Spoilt City". Smith ya bayyana a cikin littafin a matsayin babban halayyar Guy Pringle, mai girma, mai nuna bambanci, kuma dan kwaminisanci wanda ba ya kula da sabon matarsa yayin da yake ba da hankali da lokaci ga kowa. Smiths sun shiga cikin al'umma na yau da kullum, amma Manning sau da yawa ya tafi gida da wuri, ya bar sabon mijinta ya bayyana da gaske amma a hankali game da kyawawan halaye na kwaminisanci, ciki har da yadda za a bi da Yahudawa a cikin Rasha da Rasha ta mallaki Romania, da kuma gafarar yarjejeniyar Soviet tare da Hitler, da kuma mamayar Red Army
na kasar Finland. Kamar dai a cikin litattafai, Gestapo ta watsa sunan Smith a matsayin ɗan leƙen asiri.