While his parents are working on the family ranch, the narrator begins playing the violin. The sound of the instrument comes on the radio, and he falls in love with it. With the help of donations and scholarship money, he is able to attend a music college in the city. The narrator is overjoyed that he can play the violin, and tells his father about his success. He asks what the trick was to make Luise give up the music college entrance exam, and the narrator replies that it was because she wouldn't have the money to pay for the tuition fee even if she had passed the entrance exam anyway. He says that he introduced her to "some rather peculiar patrons" , and that she is "not cut out for the world" . He is shocked that he trusted him five years ago. Luise is now working at the emperor's hotel as a violinist. She tells the narrator that she has applied for music competitions, but has yet to win one. She says that she will try her best to win a patron at the hotel's lobby.