▁Long ▁Island ▁home , ▁he ▁reaches ▁out ▁to ▁Helen ▁after ▁a ▁sw im , ▁but ▁she ▁runs ▁away ; ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁evening , ▁she ▁falls ▁off ▁a ▁horse , ▁and ▁as ▁he ▁tries ▁to ▁aid ▁her , ▁she ▁res ists , ▁not ▁wanting ▁to ▁be ▁touched . ▁He ▁kiss es ▁her , ▁and ▁she ▁tells ▁him ▁to ▁leave ▁her ▁alone , ▁although ▁she ▁clearly ▁is ▁drawn ▁to ▁him ▁and ▁makes ▁no ▁effort ▁to ▁run ▁away . ▁ ▁Short ly , ▁everything ▁is ▁different . ▁As ▁they ▁lie ▁by ▁the ▁ocean , ▁Helen ▁war ns ▁him ▁he ▁might ▁be ▁sorry ▁that ▁love ▁was ▁invent ed , ▁but ▁adm its ▁she ▁cannot ▁fight ▁him ▁any ▁longer , ▁and ▁she ▁adm its ▁she ▁is ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁him . ▁Wait ing ▁at ▁home , ▁his ▁mother ▁confront s ▁him , ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁missed ▁a ▁date ▁with ▁G ina , ▁also ▁a ▁music ian ▁and ▁his ▁long - time ▁sweet heart . ▁Est her ▁does ▁not ▁believe ▁Paul ' s ▁den ial s ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁any ▁interest ▁in ▁Helen . ▁She ▁war ns ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁careful ▁and ▁to ▁think ▁carefully ▁about ▁his ▁future . ▁After ▁Paul ' s ▁debut ▁concert , ▁Est her ▁heard ▁Victor ' s ▁put down ▁of ▁Paul ▁as ▁a ▁" s av age ". ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁tour ▁across ▁America ▁that ▁takes ▁several ▁months , ▁he ▁has ▁l unch ▁with ▁G ina . ▁Sid ▁arriv es ▁with ▁Helen , ▁who ▁is ▁immediately ▁je alous ▁and ▁fle es