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After Vivien and Doctor Ovale had left, the members of the managing team decided to stay in the studio to discuss the recording of the interview rehearsal. Mr Corner first asked all members to comment on the interview. Being clever and cautious people, all of them remembered very well what Mr Corner had already said about the interview. Therefore they all were impressed by Vivien’s spontaneity, by her clear pronunciation, by her rich vocabulary and by her resoluteness. Each of the members added a few personal words to underline the common positive impression.

“I’m sure that millions of young girls all around the world will admire her and see in her an example to follow,” said Ms Panther.

Mr Hole and Mr Late informed the other members of the team that they had taken the necessary steps to secure a decent compensation for Vivien for the damage she had suffered in a way that it would enable her to enjoy a comfortable and carefree future.

“We both,” said Mr Hole, pointing to his colleague, “will watch carefully all that is going on in connection with Vivien so that nobody can reach out for her deserved property.”

Nobody commented on Mr Hole’s words.

“Now that Vivien is free,” said Professor Frederic, “the first and the most important thing is to integrate her fully into real life. For her it is a completely new situation, and it will take quite some time to carry out that programme of her integration into our world of freedom, however also of stress and tension. That will, of course, require a lot of energy and good will, of patience and love. I have already arranged everything for Vivien here in the hospital. She will have all the necessary comfort and be looked after round the clock. Ms Simple, my assistant, and I will be at her disposal all the time. During this transitional period of Vivien’s integration, she should be let alone; that means no interviews by radio or by TV or by newspapers and no visitors whatsoever. That will, of course, have to take quite some time, probably years. But as I have a sort of parental love for Vivien or, because of my age, perhaps more accurately said, a sort of grand-parental love, I am ready to take that responsibility.”

There was no comment on his words. Only Mr Hole said: “We’ll do our best to make Vivien absolutely happy.”

“In my opinion,” continued Mr Corner after the long discussion in which nothing but praise for Vivien could be heard, “the rehearsal of the interview is so good and so spontaneous that it simply couldn’t be improved. All we have to do is to broadcast the recording of this rehearsal we have made.”

All the members of the team supported the idea unanimously, and all of them agreed to meet in the evening the day after the TV broadcast and discuss the reaction in the press.