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Seducing Ingrid Bergman — Chapter 18

  1. 1. Ingrid Bergman and Robert Capa have an affair while she is married to Petter Lindström.
  2. 2. Ingrid tells Capa she wants someone who is crazy about her and can't live without her, challenging his commitment.
  3. 3. Ingrid tells Capa a story about a man and woman who love each other but the woman is married; the man fails to visit when she is sick, and she dies alone.
  4. 4. Capa deliberately reveals the affair to Petter Lindström while skiing, telling him that Ingrid looked better in Paris and that they saw a lot of each other.
  5. 5. Petter Lindström confronts Ingrid about the affair, and she admits she is in love with Capa.
  6. 6. Capa loses all his money gambling at the casino after the confrontation, betting his last thousand dollars on red and losing.
  7. 7. Capa nearly dies in a skiing accident when he speeds toward a crevasse, but a mysterious skier knocks him out of the way.
  8. 8. Ingrid ends the affair, telling Capa it is too late and that he has already failed her.
  9. 9. Capa sends Ingrid a pair of red shoes with a note saying 'Sorry they're not perfect' as a farewell gift.
  10. 10. Ingrid struggles with grief and memory loss after Capa's departure, unable to recall his face and feeling a profound sense of loss.
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