The Countess Olenska

Newland archer's day was a small and slippery pyramid in which, as yet, hardly a fissure had been made or a foothold gained. At its base was a firm foundation of what missus archer called plain people, an honourable but obscure majority of respect families who were raised above their level by marriage with one of the ruling clans. With old catherine spicer ruling one end of fifth avenue and jaufortius beulius on the other, expect the old traditions to last much longer. Don't tell me you would say all this rubbish about the new york aristocracy, if there is any at all,. says Newland archer.