Act Two

Lady Milford improvising at the piano, Sophie at the window. Engraving by Wilhelm Hecht from a woodcut by Heinrich Lossow, Schillers Werke illustrirt von ersten deutschen Künstlern (Leipzig and Stuttgart, 1877). University of Virginia. Image in the public domain. A salon in Lady Milford’s palace ; a sofa stands to the right, a piano to the left. Scene One The Lady, still in charming négligé, her hair not yet done, is improvising at the piano; Sophie, her chambermaid, comes back from the windo.