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"Tell me." he entreated, "if we slipped out, do you think the public would notice?" Cécile claims to possess the "majesty" and "wildness" of a lioness, and finds it natural to describe herself as "the Victory of Woman, of Spring—just Victory." As the applause rained down on her entrances and exits, she wondered: "Was it possible that I was so much loved?" Every reader will know the answer: Yes, by Cécile Sorel.