some time later john's unit passes through new york, and he goes to see her, posing as his own friend wolf. when he sees her he is smitten at the first glance. the two get along wonderfully, having a lot of the same interests, but he is afraid that if she discovers his deception she will hate him, so he continues to pretend being someone else. wolf finds out about the correspondence between him and evie, and makes a surprise visit at evie's place when john is there. wolf takes her in his arms and kisses her, pretending to be the one who wrote the letters. evie is at first madly in love with him, but feels some chemistry missing that she felt when he wrote the letters. he explains to her that he can only be eloquent when writing, but not when speaking.