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Lucia La Maga is a beguiling, intelligent being whose love of life and spontaneous nature challenge Horacio's ego as well as his assumptions about life.

Oliveira's lover in Paris, she is lively, an active participant in her own adventures, and a stark contrast to Horacio's other friends, who he has formed a philosophical social circle with called the Serpent's Club.

She eventually develops into an indispensable muse for Horatio and a lens he employs to examine himself and the world in a more three dimensional manner.

La Maga also has an infant son, Rocamadour, whose appearance in France causes a crisis in the relationship between Lucia and Oliveira.