"Exactly, yes; that is just the word. She is famous."
"For what, uncle? Is she a great actress, painter, musician—what?"
"She is something that the world, nowadays, reckons far above any of the classes you have named, Stella—she is a great beauty."
"Oh, is that all!" said Stella, curtly.
"All!" he echoed, amused.
"Yes," and she nodded. "It seems so easy."
"So easy!" and he laughed.
"Yes," she continued; "so very easy, if you happen to be born so. There is no merit in it. And is that all she is?"
He was staggered by her sang froid for a moment.
"Well, I was scarcely fair, perhaps. As you say, it is very easy to be a great beauty—if you are one—but it is rather difficult if you are not; but Lenore is something more than that—she is an enchantress."