under the guidance and tutelage of her mentor, arthur bendir, helen vernet was made a partner in the firm in 1928 and was paid a reputed £20,000 per year in salary and commission as ladbrokes' on-course rails representative. in 1939 she was living in hove, sussex. while never one to hoard money, she enjoyed an elegant and comfortable lifestyle that afforded the vernets the opportunity to eventually settle at 49 eaton place in london’s belgravia and holiday regularly on the french riviera where she liked to gamble at the casino tables. but nevertheless, she insisted on working almost until her death in 1956 at the age of 80, even to the extent of attending race meetings in a wheelchair due to the crippling effects of arthritis.