She had hoped that the wardrobe sent to Lucknow might have sold for at least one half of the Company's demands on her; but even jewelry and goods, she finds from woful experience, lose their value the moment it is known they come from her.
Burke notes the Begum's disappointment in the devaluation of her possessions due to her circumstances.
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