Summary

Eurydice's father enters her string room with a letter on a silver tray. He tells Eurydice it is addressed to her, hands it to her. Since she swam in the Styx, Eurydice cannot remember how to read. She wipes the dirt off of the letter, puts the letter on the ground, stands on it, and closes her eyes. Still, she cannot understand it.

Her father asks if she wants him to read it to her. She repeats his sentences, not yet recognizing me “and”you as separate identities referring to separate people. He tells her she cannot read the letter with her feet. He says her name is Eurydice, and the letter is addressed to her. Again, she has trouble recognizing her own separate identity. He guides her off of the letter, picks it up and reads it. It is Orpheus'...