Ellen has matured since her comic and tragic evening with a woman willing to wrestle Tom, who is an outdoorsman, photographer and gifted novelist.
A college girl tells of her yet-to-be produced screenplay. Passions and lust bring her husband back to the high Sierra Nevada Mountains, where a bathing lady is captivated by a country stream.
Through his camera lens, a cowboy has become a lover of surreal paganism forged in sexual impotency. He has spent most of his adult years in the fountain at the center of town. Having faced personal tragedy himself, he is captivated by soapy wine and dark erotic distress.