An attractive woman Archibaldo becomes obsessed with, initially spotted at an antique shop and later at a bar. She works as an artist's model and is engaged to an older man. After visiting Archibaldo under the pretense of modeling, she plays a prank by swapping clothes with a mannequin and eventually leaves to get married, though she later reappears. She symbolizes an elusive ideal of femininity and desire.
An intense fixation where Archibaldo projects his fantasies onto Lavinia.
Narrative foils who reflect Archibaldo's shifting obsessions.