Her generosity made her a shining light in the world which busies itself in the dispensing or receiving of ecclesiastical charity.

The clerical element was very strong in the circle that surrounded her.

At the same time her worldly tastes did not go altogether ungratified.

She was very fond of music, and her unlimited powers in the provision of first-rate musical entertainment brought to her house acquaintances of a kind that would not otherwise have been found there.

The theatre she tabooed, regarding this severity as an acceptable sacrifice, and not troubling to reflect what share her ill-health had in rendering it a fairly easy one.