According to writer Miriam Allen deFord, George "gave up completely and quietly removed himself from the scene" after Herman's death and the imprisonment of his other sons.
根据作家米里亚姆·艾伦·德福德的说法, 乔治在赫尔曼自杀以及其他儿子入狱以后，“彻底放弃并静静地离开了”。