"Their house is in an area of incredible physical beauty, " said Mr. Neikrug, who added that unlike most second-home owners, the Kellermans are friends with many locals in Santa Fe.
He quoted from Kurt Vonnegut Jr's short story Harrison Bergeron, contained in the novel Welcome To The Monkey House, which says by 2081 "everybody was finally of equal strength intelligence and beauty" due to the "unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General".
The young lady who ate the quail with me did not set my house on fire. (I kept a pitcher of water nearby just in case.) But the striking beauty and the deep perfume of all those roses certainly made her cheeks flush.