later, her husband fell ill. he died leaving halpir with their 2-year-old daughter, constance. after this, halpir embarked on an extensive journey throughout europe. during the austro-russian–turkish war (1735–39), she bought four austrian prisoners of war. three of them were ransomed by relatives while the fourth, ensign pilstein, became her second husband. she traveled to poland where michał kazimierz "rybeńko" radziwiłł made her husband an officer and offered her the position of doctor's residence in nesvizh. harpin traveled to saint petersburg to free some turkish prisoners of war. there she gained access to the imperial court and met empress anna of russia and future empress elizabeth of russia. after several months she returned to poland. she divorced her second husband, whom she bore two sons, after she accused him of adultery, attempting to poison her, and extortion. she moved to vienna where prince józsef rákóczi fell in love with her, but she declined his marriage proposal. halpir became romantically involved with a polish nobleman, seven years her junior, who took advantage of her wealth. she also accused him of starving one of her sons to death. she returned to constantinople and became a physician of the women in the harem of sultan mustafa iii. until recently, her destiny after 1760, when she completed her memoir, was unknown. dariusz kołodziejczyk has found that in 1763 she was employed as a physician in the khan’s harem in bakhchysarai and as such she served as an informant of the russian consul aleksandr nikiforov.