The fantasy world described in Jacques Cazotte's novella "Devil in Love," where the events taking place in Venice with its carnivals, gondolas, courtesans and assassins seem like a bizarre dream. The story is conducted on behalf of a Spanish nobleman who almost fell victim to devilish intrigues. When Don Alvar Maravillas was twenty-five years old, he served in the guard of the King of Naples. Officers often had fun with philosophical conversations, and once the conversation turned to Kabbalistics: someone considered it a serious science, others saw it as only a source of profit for charlatans. Don Alvar was silent and looked closely at one of his colleagues - the Flemish Soberano. As it turned out later, he had power over secret forces. Alvar wished to immediately join the caballist, despite the teacher's warnings, frivolously answering that he would take the devil himself by the ears.