Lise is the first girl with whom Goldmund makes love. He initially meets her when several other boys from the cloister sneak him into town one evening to visit two girls at a cottage, one of whom is Lise. The evening produces nothing more naughty that drinking hard cider and petting, but that is enough to alarm and fascinate Goldmund. Quite a while later, he falls asleep one day in a field and is awakened by Lise, who wordlessly makes love to him. Goldmund leaves the cloister to be with her, but in the morning, she tells him she is married and must get home to her husband. She is his introduction to lust, as opposed to sexual union with more long-term goals, and this first lesson she gives him proves to have a major impact on Goldmund's life.
