Dangerous Liaisons, Letter 2 summary
Letter 2 of 177 · 3 min to read the letter
In Letter 2, the Marquise de MERTEUIL urges the Vicomte de VALMONT to return and seduce Mme de Volanges’s daughter before her marriage to the Comte de Gercourt. She presents the scheme as revenge against Gercourt and arranges private talks followed by dinner with the girl and her mother.
What happens
- Merteuil summons Valmont from his aunt’s home and asks him to give her scheme priority over other adventures.
- She reveals that Mme de Volanges secretly arranges her daughter’s marriage to Gercourt, against whom both correspondents have grievances.
- She proposes that Valmont seduce the girl to humiliate Gercourt and expose his trust in convent schooling and blonde reserve.
- Merteuil describes the fifteen-year-old girl as pretty, awkward, and innocent, and insists that Valmont obey.
- She schedules a private meeting for seven the next evening and dinner with mother and daughter at ten.
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