She was to write later, "If I had not married I should not have learned the quick enrichment of sentences that one gets in conversation; had I not been widowed I should not have found the detachment of mind, the leisure for observation necessary to give insight into character, to express and interpret it.
Posteriormente escribiu: "Se non tivera casado non tería aprendido o rápido enriquecemento de frases que un consegue nunha conversa; se non quedase viúva non tería atopado a separación da mente, a tranquilidade para a observación necesaria para dar un entendemento á personaxe, para expresala e interpretala.