The scene opens with a description of three important rules that angels are supposed to follow. First, they are not supposed to cross another angel's field of work; second, they should not eat anything but food that is "rewarded from heaven" ; and third, they must not "fall in love" with another human being. The narrator explains that these rules are absolute, and that they must never be broken. He is interrupted by the archangel, who tells him that another angel is going to be sent to the area where the previous angel fell in love with Hortense. The archangel tells the narrator that the punishments for breaking these rules will be lighter when they are broken than they would be if they were not. He explains that when angels fall in love, they always disappear. He asks the archangel if he can hear him out, and the archangel says that if he is okay with him, he can listen to him out. He says that there are rumors that angels do disappear, but there are also rumors that they never disappear.
The scene opens with a description of three important rules that angels are supposed to follow. First, they are not supposed to cross another angel's field of work; second, they should not eat anything but food that is "rewarded from heaven" ; and third, they must not "fall in love" with another human being. The narrator explains that these rules are absolute, and that they must never be broken. He is interrupted by the archangel, who tells him that another angel is going to be sent to the area where the previous angel fell in love with Hortense. The archangel tells the narrator that the punishments for breaking these rules will be lighter when they are broken than they would be if they were not. He explains that when angels fall in love, they always disappear. He asks the archangel if he can hear him out, and the archangel says that if he is okay with him, he can listen to him out. He says that there are rumors that angels do disappear, but there are also rumors that they never disappear.