At home, there is the usual rush to get ready for school and work. Camilla is running late and is not available to answer a burning question her husband and daughter have for her.

Camilla and her class are on a field trip to the theater and she is trying to hand out the tickets, but lots is happening outside, involving the other teacher, an out-of-work actor, the students, some picture-taking, and some trouble down the street.

Berardi is back in the Rome office and there's a celebration. But since there's also a dead person at the Colosseum, the celebration comes to an abrupt end and Berardi and Torre rush to the scene of the crime. The class trip also comes to an abrupt end.

After two years, Camilla and Gaetano meet up again at the scene where a woman had been found dead. They fall into their usual habit of discussing the crime, as if not a day had passed.