she had always leant to eccentricity, refusing to wear a low-necked dress, and getting permission to dispense with one at a command performance before queen victoria. she never wore a corset. after belonging to various sects, she at last became a believer in christian science. in 1893, she made an australian tour, during which her husband died at adelaide. in 1895, she revisited america, but did not feel at home there, and soon returned to london.