Was she finally getting somewhere with him? "She wasn't suggesting Claudius was better because of any merits he might have, she was suggesting he's better by default because he's not you. Ellory's an idiot but she implied she wasn't the only one in your family who felt that way." Who else thought that? It might be Ellory's nonsense but it wasn't as though she'd invented some reason, it was at least based in truth.
