<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, uSmith nomkakhe babuyiselwa eRomania, befika ngesikhathi iBrithani imemezela impi neJalimane. USmith wayekhululwa enkonzweni yezempi ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe neBritish Council, nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi ukungaboni kahle kwakhe kwakuyosho ukwehluleka ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha okudingekayo. Phakathi nezinyanga zabo ezingu - 13 eRomania, uSmith noManning babona impi eyayisondela, kuhlanganise nokuhlehla kweNkosi uCarol nokwanda kobuFascist. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwalaba abashadikazi kwakuzoba isisekelo samanoveli amabili okuqala e-Fortunes of War, The Great Fortune nelithi The Spoilt City. USmith uvela kule noveli njengomlingiswa oyinhloko kaGuy Pringle, umKhomanisi omkhulu, okhululekile, futhi onobungane ongamnaki kangako umkakhe omusha ngenkathi enaka futhi echitha isikhathi sakhe kuwo wonke umuntu. AbakwaSmith babehlanganyela njalo emphakathini wasekhefi, kodwa uManning wayevame ukuya ekhaya kusenesikhathi, eshiya umyeni wakhe omusha ukuba achaze ngobuqotho kodwa ngendlela engenangqondo ngezimfanelo zobukhomanisi, kuhlanganise nokuthi amaJuda ayeyophathwa kahle kangakanani eRomania eyayibuswa amaRashiya, futhi exoxa isivumelwano seSoviet noHitler, nokuhlasela kweRed Army  <response>: ukuhlasela kweFinland. Njengoba nje kwakunjalo ezincwadini, igama likaSmith lasakazwa iGestapo njengelomhloli. 