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Edgar was one of those people who did best with the least time to " think " and this was an asset for his writing, though it must be admitted that most of what he wrote was adequate rather than excellent.

As time went on, he and Ivy became more and more separated: though too honourable to indulge in a physical betrayal of his wife, he began what today psychologists would term an " emotional " ( very possibly non-sexual ) affair with another woman.

Edgar's meeting of minds and minor flirtation with Mrs Edith Cockle, née Anstree-his first fiancee-soon fizzled out.

Spurred by guilt over his actions, Edgar was motivated to " woo " Ivy with sufficient success for her to become unexpectedly pregnant during 1915, though the marriage had been moribund for several years.