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Who is Giulia Lazzari from Collected Short Stories Volume Three and what is their importance? W._Somerset_Maugham English & Literature Giulia Lazzari | Collected Short Stories Volume Three

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Giulia Lazzari is a dancer who goes by the stage name of La MalagueƱa. She is described as being a terrible dancer. Her crime is that she has fallen in love with a dangerous Indian conspirator, Chandra Lal. The agents with the British Intelligence Department hope they can use Giulia to convince Chandra to cross into French territory where he can be captured by the British government. Unknown to the British authorities, Chandra has sworn that he will never be taken alive by the British. Although he does cross into French territory, Chandra has with him a dose of prussic acid which he takes and dies before he is taken into custody. Giulia is pleased that Chandra has managed to kill himself. Giulia, however, makes an unusual request at the end of the story. She requests that she be given back the watch that she gave Chandra as a gift.