- The uncle of the young narrator enters his house unexpectedly. In order to offer him some refreshments, he goes to bring a bottle of wine. Through the crevice of the wall which happens to be there, he sees an ethereal girl offering a lotus flower to an old man who bursts into a hair-raising laughter. Surprisingly, this…
- Heinz Hoschek returns to his parents' empty flat. The mother died, and his father is in a sanatory. Hoscheck, a former bankmanager has lost his job and his marriage is broken too. In his loneliness he thinks of the better times he once had: vacation at the sea, birthday parties, school and collegetime and his engagemen…