 Sciascia used this story as refutation against the Mafia and the corruption, apparent to his eyes, that led all the way to Rome.In a small town, early on a Saturday morning, a bus is about to leave the small square to go market in the next town nearby.A gunshot is heard and the figure running for the bus is shot twice in the back, with what is discovered as a "" (a sawn-off shotgun that the mafia use for their killings.)