 Eirene was estranged from her Scottish husband, who had left her and returned to England.Harris also befriended Aristides Damala and the two became even closer friends when they met again in Paris, some time later.Harris also recounts an incident, in Trieste, when Bernhardt publicly lashed out against her husband for his infidelities, to which Damala responded "Madame, you will never again have the opportunity of calling me names".