 After this episode , the issue of Widmerpool 's sex life is not mentioned until , in the later stages of the Second World War , he admits to picking up " tarts " during the blackout . After the war his disastrous marriage to Pamela Flitton appears to provide him with no normal physical satisfaction ; according to Pamela he gave up trying after two abortive attempts to sleep with her and was reduced to furtive pleasure from observing her sexual activities with others . He is also reported to have had some depraved dealings with a prostitute known as " Pauline " . In old age , within the Murtlock cult , he is said to have " watched [ girls ] naked , whenever he could " . 
