Andrea next becomes involved with an American woman, the wife of a major who happens to be his superior. The passionate but potentially dangerous affair ends quickly, and Andrea is posted to Sicily, where he encounters a Sicilian girl from a fierce-tempered honorable family. The girl's family accuses her of impurity, and Andrea poses as a doctor in order to check on her but takes advantage of the dangerous opportunity to seduce her. The family catches him in the act and chase after him, and, with much difficulty, he escapes.
