Orpheus becomes obsessed with the mysterious radio broadcasts and spends entire days inside the car of the princess, the only one where those broadcasts can be heard. The chaffeur Heurtebise lives with them, becoming Eurydice's confidant. He is convinced that they contain a message for him. Orpheus' death visits him every night but he doesn't know it. The inspector wants to see him becaues some of Jacques' poems have been published under Orpheus' name. Orpheus never reaches the office of the inspector because he chases the princess without ever reaching her.