Pascal paid Amélie well to immortalize the striking beauty. She loved his painting, Beauty with Emerald Eyes.
He joked it was a masterpiece, a lowly whore like her could never afford.
Enraged, Amélie listened and learned from clients—read their books—turning herself into a famed courtesan.
As time passed, men warned Amélie that her value was depreciating, while her painting’s grew. Amélie showed them all.
She made men pay to hear her years of wisdom.
Now old and gray, Beauty with Emerald Eyes hangs in her golden halls.
