Having already lost a husband, she viewed her son as, in the words of author Herbert Lockyer, “the staff of her age, and the comfort of her loneliness ​ — the support and pillar of the home.
Kuna ta oli juba kaotanud oma abikaasa, oli ta lootnud, nagu mainib kirjanik Herbert Lockyer, et poeg on talle „toetajaks vanas eas ning lohutajaks üksilduses, kodu toeks ja sambaks.