"Inex Machina" is a reference to the fact that the war in the First World War had caused instability in the world. The narrator tells the audience that the roux and the marlet will never be ex-militants, and that the brass section was "the best though" . He tells them that he has come to see his son, shinichi, who is now a conductor in an orchestra in Paris. He says that he heard that shinichi had become a conductor and that he now lives in the same apartment building as the narrator and his son. He asks the narrator if he came to die, and the narrator replies that he did not come to die but to visit his son after being absent for so many years. He also tells the narrator that he just found out from shinichi that he had been promoted to a permanent position as a conductor, and now that he is in Paris, he will be happy to see him. He adds that he does not want the narrator to act like a father, but he does want him to have the desire "to warmly watch over his grown son." The narrator says that the two of them have to put their noses to "the grind stone" , and he says that they are entering the Paris Opera as well. He reminds them that it is easier for them to be in Paris than they are to be back home. He wants to throw a party for them, and they all agree that it would be best for shinichi to wake up early so that he can see his wife.