At first comfortably off , he divided his time between LOCATION@1 and country homes in Villers-sur-Mer and the MISC@1 , but after the onset of MISC@2 I his circumstances were progressively reduced , he was forced to sell one of his houses and , from NUMBER@1 , took work lecturing and teaching .

At first he was comfortably off , but after MISC@2 I the family lost a lot of money and they had to sell their country house .
