 During her stay in Wellington, Taylor also wrote a 150-page novel that would be published forty years later, rumored to be 'Miss Miles'.In 1849, Mary's cousin, Ellen Taylor, arrived in New Zealand, and despite being twelve years her junior, boosted Mary's confidence and enthusiasm with much needed companionship during her stay.They leased a subdivision of Town Acre 178 where the two women built a two-storey house and planned to open a drapery and garment business by 1850.