Part 1, Chapters Loss- Encounter, pp 130-165 Summary

As Loss begins, Viktor is feeling very upset. He is back in Vienna, looking for Kata. When he calls her number and visits her apartment no one can tell him where Kata has gone. He decides to leave her a note, begging her to contact him. He signs the note "With Love, Viktor."

In Coda Hana visits Liesel to tell her about recent escapades. Apparently, Eva's husband was holding her hostage. She wanted to get away when with him so that she could start a new life as an actress in Hollywood movies. She goes to visit Eva and helps her escape her husband's home. They get on a train to Paris. In the compartment Hana and Eva talk. Eva confesses that she was seduced my a girl roommate at school. Hana then...