during this time lionel resumed his studies , reading constitutional law with one of the new york vfayfairs ( a descendant of clay mayfair , who had joined descendants of lestan mayfair in a new york firm ) lionel also spent considerable time in the museums of new york city , and he frequently dragged stella to the opera , which had begun to bore her , and to the symphony , which she liked only a little better , and to the ballet , which she did genuinely enjoy .