Ehrengard, pp. 230- 257 Summary

In a letter, Herr Cazotte describes Rosenbad as an estate out of a Claude Lorraine painting. The place has been upgraded and repaired and is called a regular Venusberg, or residence of the goddess of love, Venus. Cazotte jokes in the letter that, if Rosenbad is a new paradise, then he is the serpent. In another letter, Cazotte writes about Ehrengard. He describes her beauty and plans his artistic seduction of her, though he clearly intends this to be a metaphorical seduction. Princess Ludmilla is calm and relaxed at Rosenbad, and with her husband Prince Lothar. Ludmilla is very close to Ehrengard, her maid-of-honor. The two young women talk of Ehrengard's fiancé, her cousin Kurt. Kurt is a good fencer and has been in several duels, and has even taught Ehrengard to fence.

Herr Cazotte comments in a letter...