Sentence:  She was so wretched and so vehement, complained so much of injustice in being expected to go away instead of Anne; Anne, who was nothing to Louisa, while she was her sister, and had the best right to stay in Henrietta's <WSD>stead</WSD>! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. (from 15thc.)