 Upon the characters first introduction, the Baron Docteur treats The Venus kindly–offering her chocolates, money, new clothes–so long as she agrees (which she does) to move to his home in Paris, France.During this rest period, the Baron Docteur reemerges as himself, but several years in the future, and proceeds to read aloud a detailed anatomy of the deceased Venus Hottentot.In-between the Baron Docteur's speech, The Bride-to-be reads her love letters aloud; foreshadowing a near-identical poem recited by the Baron Docteur to Venus in the past (i.e., the future, within the course of "Venus").