As it is an open secret that the Duke of Balmoral has been compelled to sell his pictures within the last few years, and as Lord St. Simon has no property of his own save the small estate of Birchmoor, it is obvious that the Californian heiress is not the only gainer by an alliance which will enable her to make the easy and common transition from a Republican lady to a British peeress.'"
Teniendo en cuenta que es un secreto a voces que el duque de Balmoral se ha visto obligado a vender su colección de pintura en los últimos años, y que lord St. Simon carece de propiedades, si exceptuamos la pequeña finca de Birchmoor, parece evidente que la heredera californiana no es la única que sale ganando con una alianza que le permitirá realizar la fácil y habitual transición de dama republicana a aristócrata británica».