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25 “I had to send Momone”: EP to JB, Dec. 2, 1948.
26 “Edith is known”: Jacqueline Michel, “La Vie parisienne,” Parisien libéré, Dec. 21, 1949, p. 2, in Grimault and Mahé, p. 193.
27 “We never tired”: François de Roux, “ ‘La Môme Piaf’ se métamorphose en princesse,” Figaro littéraire, Jan. 29, 1949.
28 “violence and illegal detention”: “French Boxer Is Sued,” New York Times, Jan. 21, 1949. Cf. the account in Grimault and Mahé, pp. 204–8.
29 “She’s like a sister”: EP quoted in Duclos and Martin, pp. 291–92.
30 “I’ve been made to see”: Lucien Roupp quoted in Marchand, “L’Affaire Cerdan.”
31 “superior to the circumstances”: EP to Geneviève Lévitan, in Grimault and Mahé, p. 185.
32 “Cerdan got up”: Tino Rossi quoted in Emmanuel Bonini, Piaf, p. 291.
33 “Words are too poor”: Journal d’Egypte Le Caire, Feb. 25, 1949, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 53.
34 “I’ll be in your gloves”: EP to MC, June 13, 1949, in EP and MC, Moi pour toi, p. 141.
35 “God’s way of letting”: EP to MC, July 23, 1949, in ibid., p. 148.
36 “Edith Piaf made her debut”: Critics quoted in Félix Lévitan, “Edith Piaf est applaudi chaque soir par les grandes vedettes américaines,” Le Figaro, Oct. 7, 1949, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 53.
37 “I’m terribly disappointed”: EP to JB [c. Oct. 1949], in Bonini, p. 296.
38 “Does that woman”: EP to JB [c. Oct. 1949], in ibid., p. 299.
39 “I have to beat La Motta”: Quoted in France-Soir and on the radio, in Grimault and Mahé, pp. 253, 260.
CHAPTER ELEVEN • 1949–1952
1 “Why are you hiding?”: Quotations and information on EP’s reaction to MC’s death in Bonel and Bonel, pp. 79–80; cf. Grimault and Mahé, pp. 267–69.
2 “I can think of only one thing”: EP to JB [Oct. 31, 1949], in Bonini, p. 302.
3 “I try in vain”: EP to “Cel,” Nov. 23, 1949, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 64.
4 “You can take me”: EP to Robert Delban, in Duclos and Martin, p. 303.
5 “I would have expected”: Philippe-Gérard quoted in Brierre, p. 92.
6 she wanted desperately to believe: Piaf’s friend Phillipe-Gérard was of the opinion that Piaf was to some extent a willing dupe; see Brierre, p. 95.
7 “I’ll wait a few months”: EP to “Cel,” Nov. 23, 1949, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 64.
8 “I know that death”: EP, Ma vie, p 88.
9 “Our lives do not belong”: Ibid., p. 54.
10 “If it had gone on”: Simone Berteaut, “Simone Berteaut parle de Piaf,” Dim, Dam, Don (radio broadcast), 1969, quoted in Brierre, p. 94.
11 “Had he lived”: Monique Lange, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 54. This passage was omitted from the English edition of Lange, pp. 133–34.
12 “She brought to life”: Jean Antoine, “Edith Piaf de retour d’Amérique,” Paris-Presse, March 16, 1950, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 65.
13 “Piaf is a fallen angel”: Jean-François Noêl, “Edith Piaf lance face à Dieu le cri même de la terre,” Combat, March 15, 1950, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 66.
14 “I need to feel”: EP to Tony Frank, May 1, 1950, in Springer, p. 82.
15 “Marinette and I”: EP, Ma vie, p. 54.
16 “I don’t know”: EP to Tony Frank, May 4 and May 3, in Springer, pp. 94, 91.
17 “Playing with”: Klein, Florilège, p. 216.
18 “When she knows”: EP to Tony Frank, May 8, 1950, in Springer, pp. 106, 109.
19 “We live in a time”: EP to Tony Frank, May 15, 1950, in ibid., p. 114.
20 “I will never”: EP to Tony Frank, May 26, 1950, in ibid., pp. 118, 121.
21 her first American album: In July 1950, Piaf recorded “La Vie en rose,” “Hymn to Love,” “The Three Bells,” and “Simply a Waltz” at Columbia’s Paris studio.
22 “Edith always needed”: Aznavour, pp. 170–71. After sizing up Constantine at the nightclub, Chez Carrère, Aznavour urged the American to introduce himself to Piaf.
23 “Edith Piaf’s summer tour”: “La Randonée d’Edith Piaf se terminera par un mariage,” L’Aurore, Aug. 21, 1950, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 66.
24 “When she turned on”: Eddie Constantine quoted in France-Soir, Oct. 6, 1969, in Marchois, Piaf: Emportée, p. 66.
25 “I should have dealt”: EP to JB, Oct. 23, 1950.
26 “Like a Mary Magdalene”: JB poem quoted in Catherine Dutheil-Pessin, La Chanson