▁He ▁catch es ▁a ▁g limp se ▁of ▁his ▁ex - w ife ▁at ▁the ▁party , ▁but ▁cannot ▁look ▁at ▁her . ▁He ▁l aments ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁now ▁he ▁must ▁" start ▁all ▁over " ▁the ▁long ▁task ▁of ▁forget ting ▁her ▁( in ▁a ▁flash back , ▁it ' s ▁revealed ▁that ▁she ▁left ▁him ▁for ▁another , ▁who ▁may ▁or ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁at ▁the ▁party ). ▁Through out ▁the ▁entire ▁story , ▁Victor ▁views ▁the ▁music ▁as ▁a ▁structure ▁that ▁has ▁him ▁enc aged ▁in ▁an ▁awk ward ▁situation ▁with ▁his ▁ex - w ife ; ▁it ▁had ▁seemed ▁to ▁him ▁" a ▁narrow ▁d unge on " ▁until ▁it ▁ends , ▁thus ▁giving ▁his ▁ex - w ife ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁leave , ▁which ▁she ▁does . ▁Victor ▁then ▁real izes ▁that ▁the ▁music ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁d unge on , ▁but ▁actually ▁" in cred ible ▁bl iss , ▁a ▁magic ▁glass ▁d ome ▁that ▁had ▁emb rac ed ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁him ▁and ▁her ," ▁and ▁which ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁" bre at he ▁the ▁same ▁air ▁as ▁she ." ▁After ▁she ▁leaves , ▁another ▁party - go er ▁comments ▁to ▁Victor ▁that ▁he ▁looked ▁imm une ▁to ▁the ▁music ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁think ▁such ▁a ▁thing ▁possible . ▁His ▁own ▁in an ity ▁is ▁revealed ▁when ▁Victor ▁asks ▁him ▁what ▁was ▁played ▁and ▁he ▁cannot ▁tell ▁whether ▁it ▁was ▁Be eth oven ' s ▁Kre ut zer ▁Son ata ▁or ▁T