Part IV: Montevido, 1956-59. Chapters 7-13 Summary

Harry writes to Kittredge, trying to tell her about Sally, how they got to know each other dancing at a Christmas party together. He stops the letter to Kittredge and describes the details of the sex to the reader. He re-writes the letter, telling Kittredge that he's seeing a prostitute, and tries to theorize it as Alpha representing sex and Omega representing love.

In Chapter 8, Kittredge has a strong reaction to Harry's letter, writing back that Alpha and Omega are not divisions but two entirely separate beings that create tug-of-wars within individuals. She stops the letter, annoyed, feeds Christopher and starts again with a "plum" bit of information for Harry. She says that Howard and Dorothy Hunt were invited to dinner, as Howard is being considered for the directorship of the CIA. However...