Chapter 1, Don Giovanni, Section 4 Summary

The man and woman take a walk up the mountainside near the white hotel. They stop to have sex by a stream and are interrupted by a nun, who tells them they can continue unembarrassed, because the steam removes all sin. As they make love, the woman believes the stars are gone, and then realizes they are falling in the form of snow.

From the mountain the man points out what he believes to be parachutists, but what the couple discovers to be several hotel guests falling from a broken cable car high above the mountains. The woman spots the corsetiere first, and this excites the man so much that they start having sex again as the guests fall into the lake and trees.

The couple returns to the hotel, which remains lively. The burned wing is...