She inspired him both musically and socially, but he struggled to achieve success until his forties, when after a series of moderately successful works his Enigma Variations (1899) became immediately popular in Britain and overseas.
Ela inspirouno tanto musical como socialmente, mais el loitou por acadar o éxito ata cumprir os corenta anos, cando tras unha serie de obras dun éxito moderado, as súas Enigma Variations (1899) fixéronse inmediatamente populares en Gran Bretaña e no estranxeiro.