He later eschews a threesome with her and Pablo, after realizing that he really loves another woman who has asked him to kill her.
At a dinner party the protagonist is insulted by the professor and offends the wife after criticizing a painting of Goethe. He has left his own wife Erica and eventually ends up at the Black Eagle tavern, where he is talked into asking the beautiful Maria to dance. He later eschews a threesome with her and Pablo, after realizing that he really loves another woman who has asked him to kill her. This all happens before his entrance into the hall of mirrors where he sees Hermine and his multiple selves while hanging out with Mozart. FTP identify this 1927 work that derives its name from the active and dynamic incarnation of wannabe lupine Harry Haller, a novel by Herman Hesse.
At a dinner party the protagonist is insulted by the professor and offends the wife after criticizing a painting of Goethe.
Steppenwolf