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Mademoiselle Simone Vonderaa

The beautiful, irresistible mistress whose lies Denis Cathcart knew and could not break from—a fatal fascination that outlived his fortune and his life.

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Also known as Mademoiselle Vonderaa, Simone, ma Simone, Simone Vonderaa

First appearance: xiii manon

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Cathcart's mistress, who left him for a wealthy American; her letter to Cathcart prompted his suicide note.
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Simone Vonderaa enters Cathcart's Paris years as the exquisite continental mistress for whom he keeps a discreet banking account and a devotion he never questions aloud. She lies to him from their earliest acquaintance,…

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CDCaptain Denis …LPLord Peter Wim…LMLady Mary WimseyVSViscount St. G…MPMr. ParkerMSMademoiselle Simone …

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