Elizabeth. Do you think they were more beautiful then than they are now?
C.-C. Oh, much. Now you see lots of pretty little things, but very few beautiful women.
Elizabeth. Aren’t their clothes funny?
C.-C. [Pointing to a photograph.] That’s Mrs. Langtry.
Elizabeth. She has a lovely nose.
C.-C. She was the most wonderful thing you ever saw. Dowagers used to jump on chairs in order to get a good look at her when she came into a drawing-room. I was riding with her once, and we had to have the gates of the livery stable closed when she was getting on her horse because the crowd was so great.
Elizabeth. And who’s that?
C.-C. Lady Lonsdale. That’s Lady Dudley.
Elizabeth. This is an actress, isn’t it?
C.-C. It is, indeed. Ellen Terry. By George! how I loved that woman!