Chapter 12 has two theses. The first is that Staël’s semi-autobiographical Dix années d’exil may be read as a hermetic text, hiding an apocalyptic vision with Napoleon as one of various demonic figures. This was common coin around 1814. The second is that Staël’s apocalyptic vision accords with another hidden theme of hers: that a sibyl is known by her prophecies. Her complete works bear unexpected testimony to this theme, as is here demonstrated. The chapter also traces Staël’s engagement with Russia, both in her Dix années and in various apocryphal or newly attributed texts.