Mata Hari does not appear alive in the chronicle. She appears as a head preserved in formalin under a glass bell jar in the suite of Paul Morand, with a bronze plaque reading “M.H. — 1917.”
| Type | Character (deceased) |
| Era | Executed in 1917; head kept until 1928 |
| Location | Morand’s penthouse, Cairo |
| Chronicle | ldc |
| Spanish entry | Mata Hari |
Role
- Morand beheaded her and keeps the head as a trophy and warning to spies who deceive him. He calls her “the last spy who tried to deceive me.”
- She is a sinister mirror of Camille Colbert, who compares herself explicitly with Mata Hari. The plaque and a single crack in Camille’s composure suffice to identify her.
- Camille is the spy who does manage to escape Mata Hari’s fate.