if she ever saw lasher we do n't know anything about it she lived at first street until she died , and never spoke to anyone outside the family as far as we know family legend holds she was highly educated , could read and write both english and french as well as italian , and had 'a scandal in her past ' cortland finally left the party in 1923 , when the trio had arrived in new york , and there stella and lionel , along with antha and her nurse , remained in greenwich village , where stella took up with numerous intellectuals and artists , and even did some painting of her own , which she always called 'quite atrocious ' and some writing , 'hideous , ' and some sculpture , 'absolute trash ' at last she settled down to simply enjoying the company of truly creative individuals .