Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
yakasvika muSicily. Pasinei nokuti vaitarisira kuti vaizopinda nechisimba, mauto eItaly akakurirwa pashure pokutanga kurwisa, uye kufanana neAugusta (nzvimbo yakasimba yechitsuwa chacho), vakaparara pasina kurwa. Mumazuva mashomanana, zvakava pachena kuti Sicily yakanga yava kuzorasika. Musi wa 16 Chikunguru, Bastianini akaenda kuPalazzo Venezia (chigaro cheDuze) kunoratidza Mussolini teregiramu yaizotumirwa kuna Hitler kwaakatsoropodza maGerman nekusatumira vashandi. Pashure pokunge Duce abvumidza, mutevedzeri womunyori akakumbira mvumo yokutanga kurukurirano navaAllies. Mussolini akabvuma, pasi pomugariro wokusava anobatanidzwa zvakananga. Munyori wacho akanga ari mubhengi weVatican, Giovanni Fummi, uyo aifanira kusvika kuLondon achishandisa Madrid kana kuti Lisbon. Manheru mamwe chetewo, Bastianini akayambuka Tiber kunosangana naKardinal Maglione, Munyori weHurumende yeVatican, uyo akagamuchira gwaro raitsanangura chimiro cheItaly pamusoro pokubuda muhondo kwaigona kuitika.