 Her daughter writes that Whewell was a frequent guest of the couple whose main residence was in London. He is listed as one of six friends who were particularly attuned to Shepherd’s passion for abstract metaphysical thinking. She also reports that he and Charles Lyle spoke of her mother as “an unanswerable logician” (Brandreath 1886: 29). Sometime after Mary Shepherd’s death, Whewell is said to have asked whether she had written essays that were unpublished and, if so, advised they be brought to light. 