When the Second World War started in 1939 he found himself torn between England and South Africa, his new love and his family; his career was at a dead end, and he was in depressed spirits, often drinking heavily.
Он разрывался между Англией и Южной Африкой, своей новой любовью и своей семьёй, когда в 1939 году началась Вторая Мировая война.