"As a hostess Marie-Hélène de Rothschild was full of determination. Whenever she asked her secretary to call someone and invite them for dinner, she would always listen in the other line. If they said: "I'am sorry but I can't" they would be startled by Marie-Hélène voice enquiring: "What is this I hear? What do you mean you can't come?" "
by Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé
