Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Montalbano ya lura cewa cikin kogon ba shi da daidaito kuma ya fahimci cewa dole ne a sami wani ɓoye na ɓoye, inda ya gano jikin matasan masoya biyu, a hankali an shirya su a cikin abin da ya zama wani nau'i na al'ada na dā wanda kare terracotta ke kula da shi. Koyon cewa an sanya gawawwakin a wani lokaci kusa da mamayewar Allied
da kuma mummunar fashewar bom na tsibirin a ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II, Montalbano ya yi hira da mazauna yankin daga wannan lokacin don ƙoƙarin haɗa wanda matasan ma'aurata suke, me yasa aka kashe su kuma me yasa aka binne su.