sentences:  She herself claimed in applications for financial assistance that the marriage was bigamous, and that her fortune was embezzled by "her brother".The Royal Literary Fund archive record stored in the British Library refers to her making four applications for relief, dated 28 Jun 1854 (£30), 25 Jan 1861 (rejected), 30 Mar 1863 (£25), and 30 Mar 1869 (£25).Nothing else is known about her later private or professional life apart from her own rare autobiographical insights in "Traits of Character".