 Mostly during her time living with William, Mary told stories to her own nephews and nieces, as well as to the children of friends and family, many among them artists and writers of note.Jenny and May Morris, children of William Morris; a young Rudyard Kipling and his sister, as well as their cousins, the Burne-Joneses and the Mackails.Angela Thirkell, née Mackail, and her brother, Denis Mackail, both novelists, were treated to the stories of Mary de Morgan in their youth.