Odd excerpt from book on Ruskin, no further explanation given, nor can i find further reference to these several Austrian cavalry officers elsewhere:-
"In 1850, after their wedding, Ruskin did some travelling alone around Europe, then eventually Ruskin and Effie joined up and journeyed together in Venice, Ruskin discovered Venetian Gothic and Effie discovered her real sexual nature thanks to the attentions of several Austrian cavalry officers."
