Question: Who was Veronica's on-and-off again lover in Salvador Dali's "Hidden Faces"?
About the article "Salvador Dalí", section "Literary works".

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Under the encouragement of poet Federico García Lorca, Dalí attempted an approach to a literary career through the means of the "pure novel".
In his literary production "Hidden Faces" (1944), Dalí describes, in vividly visual terms, the intrigues and love affairs of a group of dazzling, eccentric aristocrats who, with their luxurious and extravagant lifestyle, symbolize the decadence of the 1930s.
The Comte de Grainsalles and Solange de Cléda pursue an awkward love affair, but property transactions, interwar political turmoil, the French Resistance, his marriage to another woman and her responsibilities as a landowner and businesswoman drive them apart.
It is variously set in Paris, rural France, Casablanca in North Africa and Palm Springs in the United States.
Secondary characters include ageing widow Barbara Rogers, her bisexual daughter Veronica, Veronica's sometime female lover Betka, and Baba, a disfigured US fighter pilot.
The novel concludes at the end of the Second World War, with Solange dying before Grainsalles can return to his former property and reunite with her His other, nonfictional literary works include "The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí" (1942), "Diary of a Genius" (1952–63), and "Oui: The Paranoid-Critical Revolution " (1927–33).
Chet (Terry Rhoads) is Veronica's boss, a stereotypical executive who takes everyone for granted and needs confidence, not weakness.
Episodes in which Chet appears often show Veronica's attitudes and methods in a much more positive light in comparison. 
Regina ("Regie") Baff is an actress, who was nominated for a Tony in 1974 for "Veronica's Room". 
Descharnes was born in Nevers on January 1, 1926.
In 1950, he met Dali on a ship while he was the photographer.
The two formed a close bond, and collaborated on the experimental film "L'Aventure prodigieuse de la dentellière et du rhinocéros", which was never released.
He became Dali's personal secretary in 1981, and rescued him from a fire at his apartment in 1984.
Descharnes collected over 60,000 negatives of Dali's daily life, a fraction of which Descharnes infrequenty exhibited in art museums.
For over 40 years, he fought to protect's Dali's legacy from forgeries and fakes.
He wrote several reference books on the man's life and work.
Descharnes was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.
He died at the age of 88 at his home in Indre-et-Loire on February 18, 2014. 
  Liu Ying (), also known as Yinggu (), is nicknamed "Divine Mathematician" ().
She was Duan Zhixing's concubine but he neglected her due to his obsession with martial arts.
She had an affair with Zhou Botong and bore him a son, but the child was later severely injured by a masked attacker (Qiu Qianren).
She pleaded with Duan to save her son but he refused and the infant died.
Since then, she has been leading a reclusive life in the Black Swamp while plotting revenge on Duan and searching for Zhou Botong and her son's killer.
During this time she tutors herself in mathematics and martial arts.
Yideng's students: * Chu Dongshan (), nicknamed "Diancang Yuyin" (), disguised as a fisherman, was previously an admiral of Dali's navy.
* Zhang Shaoshou (), disguised as a woodcutter, was previously a general of Dali's army.
* Wu Santong (), disguised as a farmer, was previously the chief of Dali's palace guards.
* Zhu Ziliu (), disguised as a scholar, was previously Dali's premier.
The Indian Monk () is Yideng's junior.
He is an expert in medicine and healing.
He translates for Guo Jing and Huang Rong the part of the "Nine Yin Manual" that was written in Sanskrit.