The Count Myron Loredan, Ambassador of Venezia to Versailles, brings his sister, the well-traveled Contessa Selina Loredan, to visit Villa Vesuviana on the hilltop of the principality of Melioria. There they meet the Contessa Elena Foscari as she speaks with one of the orphans hosted by the Prince.
Count Myron is a man of the world, isn't he?
We used to have him locked up but somehow he got out...