- To get away, Fowler goes north to see the war he's paid to write about.
- On condition that he not write about it, a young officer named Captain Trouin takes him along on a raid. It will involve a dive-bomb.
- He witnesses from the sky the bombing of a village.
- On the fifteen dive Fowler remembers how much he hates war.
- They take a detour back so as to catch a sunset.