March

In the first days of spring the duke's peasants are out plowing the fields with their yoke of oxen and trimming the grapevines in the walled vineyard. This is the land around the Chateau de Lusignan, one of the Duc de Berry's favorite residences. The castle is famous as the setting for an old French fairy tale about a bewitched noblewomen named Melusine who every Saturday became a serpent from her waist down. When her husband, Raymondin, discovered her plight, Melusine turned into a dragon and spent her days haunting the castle towers.