Summary

Katharina and Simon meet with Einhorn. Einhorn asks about the encounter with the group of girls and says he is obligated to look into complaints like this. Katharina argues that if the slander trial was resolved, the witchcraft charge would become a moot point. Einhorn asks if Katharina should be identified as a widow, or an abandoned woman. He cites the “split” with her husband and says there is no confirmation he is dead. Einhorn dismisses them.

The next section is the testimony of Dorothea Klebl. She is the wife of a marksman. She testifies that she does not know Katharina and only casually knows Ursula. Dorothea reveals that a girl told her that Katharina offered to introduce her to the devil who could arrange a “carefree life” of “pleasure and excitement.” Katharina also told the girl there was no heaven and no...