'she 's mary beth with vinegar in her veins instead of vintage wine she 's brilliant but she has no imagination she 's rich but there 's nothing she wants she 's endlessly practical and meticulous and hardworking , and an absolutely insufferable bore of course she does take care of absolutely everything millie dear , belle , little nancy , and antha and they have a couple of old servants up there who do n't know who they are or what they 're doing anymore , and she takes care of them , right along with everyone else stella has herself to blame for all this , really she always did let carlotta do the hiring and the firing , the check writing , and the shouting and what with lionel and cortland turning against her , well , what can she do7 no , i would n't miss this party , if i were you it may be the last one for quite some time ' langtry spent the following day exploring the speakeasies and the small french quarter hotel ( a dump ) where stella had taken stuart he was plagued continuously with the strong feeling that stuart had been in these places , that stella 's account of their wanderings had been the complete truth .