Her least favorite client was Gorgora the Hideous, who spoke in tongues when she was angry, and her favorite client was Pearl von Hinten, an American flapper who thrived on glitz and glamor. She was fascinating and worldly, carrying a Mid-Atlantic accent and encrusting herself in glittering diamonds, sporting extravagant gowns, and wearing her hair in a bright blonde bob that reminded Hermione of Jean Harlow. She was infected on holiday in 1926. She hadn’t left Europe since.