  It was while the Priors were living with the Brailsfords that Clare fell for their adopted Russian son Victor Roussin—at that time known as Norman Brailsford—and her marriage to Arthur disintegrated. Arthur, who did not want the relationship to end, eventually fled to Christchurch. The divorce became final in March 1943. What might have been a lengthy period of sadness for him was cut short in January of that year. He met Mary Wilkinson, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, while attending a Student Christian Movement conference in Christchurch. They said afterwards that it was love at first sight. ‘We got engaged after meeting four times’, Mary remembered. The marriage began in October 1943 and lasted for the rest of Arthur’s life.