THE PASSIONATE EXILES (354 pp.)—Maurice Levaillant—Farrar, Straus & Cudahy ($4.75). “Mischievous intriguer,” “raven,” “rascal,”—so Emperor Napoleon called Germaine de Staël, who ...

Juno is the goddess of childbirth, which means the peacock could also be related to Grace's pregnancy. We know that the baby is Ben's, and Grace is receiving callings now because of the baby.