After the terrible shock of his sudden death she never married, but devoted her life to carrying out her sainted mother's missionary projects, once taking a trip alone around the world to visit the missionary stations started by her mother.
As soon as I had arrived at Mr.Bartholomew's, Mrs.Broadwell gave me a dinner.

Six unmarried ladies and seven well-known bachelors were the guests, as she wished to give me just what I needed, an endorsement among her own friends.

The result was instant and potent.
Everyone at that dinner did something afterwards to entertain me.

I was often invited to the opera, always had a box (long-stemmed roses for all the ladies), also to dinner and lunches.

If anyone in the city had anything in the way of a rare collection, from old engravings to rare old books, an evening was devoted to showing the collection to me with other friends.