 When Sabrina reached her teenage years, Day was persuaded by Edgeworth that his ideal wife experiment had failed and he should send her away, as it was inappropriate for Day to live with her unchaperoned. Sabrina then had a number of moves between boarding school, a dressmaker family, before eventually being employed as Day's housekeeper. Having seen changes in Sabrina, Day proposed marriage, though he soon called this off when she did not follow his strict instructions and again sent her away, this time to a boarding house where she later found work as a lady's companion.
