 Their friendship lasted until Blair became a policeman in Burma and the two lost touch.Blair and Buddicom never saw one another again and did not get in touch until 1949, shortly before Orwell's death from tuberculosis.Buddicom's memoir, as well as recalling her relationship with Orwell, shows her disappointment in some of the views he took — for instance, she condemned his decision to fight in the Spanish Civil War as interfering in the affairs of another country.