The young boy and Rebecca meet at a cottage, where there is a group of eight or nine people. ... The boy thinks of The Bronx as a Cythera, since it can "house such fantastic creatures as Rebecca. ... Rebecca has also married and has had two children. ... This foreshadows what the love relationship between the boy and Rebecca is destined to go through. ... For instance, one day the boy buys Rebecca a ring, which to him implies an "innocent symbol that tortures his blood. ...