While she waited for him to return to the car, she tried to reach her attorney, George Quincy. His assistant said Mr. Quincy was engaged and would have to call her back. She hoped he would call soon. She could not understand the suspicion and hostility she had encountered, but she was certain she needed legal assistance. She had nothing to hide, as the offensive Palace Police would soon learn, but she had much to lose if these creatures decided to damage her reputation. She feared they had the power to do so, and perhaps the power to cause her a great deal of trouble. The photograph of the etching was on the front page of Secrets. Its subject was familiar: a female nude lying with her back to the viewer, a pose used by both contemporary and ancient artists. The print closely resembled Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus, without the mirror. The woman could not be identified, but the caption was provocative: “Photograph of an etching made from a drawing of a woman visiting the Little Palace, where nearly everyone is connected to the Royal Family.
