the 1974 carnation revolution provides the backdrop for the events of this part, recounted while the five characters are at a cabaret/brothel. the soldier witnessed the attack on the pide headquarters. he continues to court odete even as he provided sex for money to the old painter and others. he finally managed to woo odete and marry her, though odete was repulsed by what she saw as the soldier's lack of breeding. odete left him, and it turns out she was the same woman as dália, the resistance agent the communications officer was enamored with, a revelation hinted at when the soldier found communist propaganda among odete's things.