"She never needed looking after.
Look at the position she has made for herself.

Her father wouldn't go into society, her mother knew a mere handful of people, and--" "She knew you, Betty." "Well, suppose I did help her a little--I was only a kind of reference.
She did the rest.

She's set a half-dozen fashions herself--pure genius.
She was born to lead.

Her turnouts were always a little smarter, her horses travelled a little faster, than other people's.

She took risks, too, but she didn't play a game; she only wanted to do things well.