After that engagement, Hood left the company and married her second husband, Mr. Hesseltine, taking a brief break from performing until August 1881, when she appeared as Constance in the first production of Stephens and Solomon's "Claude Duval" at the Olympic Theatre, with George Power who had been her partner as Frederic in "Pirates". She then sang at the Alhambra Theatre and Avenue Theatre, performing in Frederic Clay's "Golden Ring" and Karl Millöcker's "The Beggar Student". After this, she toured the British provinces in grand opera, appearing as Marguerite in "Faust", in which role she then appeared at the Crystal Palace.