There were few women who could resist that kind of princely charm. Even fewer would have the presence of mind to try to make use of it for their own purposes, and Effie was one of these. She wasn't by nature a conniving sort of woman. But a girl who had grown up and gone far in the Capitol -- who worked the social scene of that place of ironclad social rules and hierarchies -- wasn't above searching out the sheen of celebrity wherever she could find it.

And he was so handsome. And helpful. And he'd taken her to this beautiful place, where many little children sang and moved with charmingly jerky animatronic motions. They were beautiful and perfect and false and gay!

Effie smiled as she took his hand and climbed into the boat. This man had been in movies. He was assuredly a Someone it was best to know and to impress, and she was prepared to pull out the stops. There was no way she would pass up an opportunity to gain back her career, or whatever was closest to it here.

"My, my! Quite the gentleman!"