Part IV Summary

Something has happened, H.H. explains at the beginning of the fourth part. He has had an experience that has changed things, although he does not know if it has helped with his problem. H.H. begins to explain what has happened.

After finding the address of Andreas Leo, H.H. goes by the place twenty times, hoping to meet the man, and also hoping that it will indeed be the same Leo he remembers. Finally, while walking by the house one afternoon, he hears whistling coming from an open window. The music moves him, although he cannot say why. He is mesmerized by it, and stands stock still on the sidewalk below. An old man passes by and nods to H.H. as if in agreement that the whistling is beautiful. At the same time, H.H. realizes that the...