A Belle

“The really unfailing sign of a belle is that she exhausts people. In the old days, a girl could faint, which meant that some man had to pick her up and carry her while two or three others ran hither and yon fetching smelling salts, water, or a litter on which to cart her away. This simply doesn't happen any more. Passing out from too much straight bourbon is just not as belle-like as fainting from unknown causes, nor is it as fastidious.”
― Florence King, Southern Ladies and Gentlemen