One word she said to the countess and two to the earl.

Beyond that she did not open her lips.
All the homage paid to her she received as though it were clearly her due.

She was not in the least embarrassed, nor did she show herself to be in the slightest degree ashamed of her own silence.

She did not look like a fool, nor was she even taken for a fool; but she contributed nothing to society but her cold, hard beauty, her gait, and her dress.

We may say that she contributed enough, for society acknowledged itself to be deeply indebted to her.
The only person in the room who did not move at Lady Dumbello's entrance was her husband.