It wasn't about the fame at all, nor was it about the pride of having personally torn apart all the stereotypes of meek women who let the men of the world stomp all over them. Honestly, it wasn't about that. Julia was just happy about having changed Antonia's life for the better and getting her what she deserved, and also about giving hope to all the oppressed and abused wives and sisters and daughters and mothers who had never thought the day would come when one of their own might turn her face against a man - several men, and succeed.
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Who the hell was she kidding.
It was the fame! It was the acclaim! It was the flood of ecstatic letters from women all around Rome and the neighboring cities who had just gotten the news, the gift baskets full of exotic fruit and handmade delicacies
