Maybe Panos is like the man in the painting. The thin girl also points out that Panos makes her think of her father (3), the man on whom the painting is based. When someone sees the painting for the first time, they see a "man trying to catch the bird" (2), similarly when the reader first reads this story they see the story of a man who cheats on his wife and he sees his wife as a victim. But as the thin girl points out, “But the bird is not an unwitting victim. He sees the man. You can be sure of that,” perhaps Panos' future wife is not an unwitting victim. Maybe she knows about his affairs but does nothing for his benefit