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The following text is from George Eliot's 1857 short story "The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton." The Countess Czerlaski is a newcomer to the town of Milby.

It is true, the Countess was a little vain, a little ambitious, a little selfish, a little shallow and frivolous, a little given to white lies.—But who considers such slight blemishes, such moral pimples as these, disqualifications for entering into the most respectable society! Indeed, the severest ladies in Milby would have been perfectly aware that these characteristics would have created no wide distinction between the Countess Czerlaski and themselves; and since it was clear there was a wide distinction—why, it must lie in the possession of some vices from which they were undeniably free.

The residents of Milby had initially viewed the Countess Czerlaski with suspicion, but they have gradually come to see her as mostly harmless.

Although the Countess Czerlaski actively cultivates a sense of mystery about her, her background is less interesting than what many residents of Milby have been led to believe.

Although the residents of Milby are generally thought to be hospitable, the Countess Czerlaski has committed many social blunders that have caused her to be widely disliked.

Some residents of Milby are determined to disapprove of the Countess Czerlaski, even though the reasons for their dislike are largely groundless.