Section 8, pp. 82-90 Summary

In the middle of the night, a high-ranking minister known as "His Excellency" is awakened by the telephone, and angers his wife by immediately turning on the light and talking. On the other end is a higher-ranking official from Rome, who has just seen the newspaper headlines. On the front page is a large photograph showing a connection with Don Arena and a certain important minister, although this man is not named. It is probably Minister Mancuso. His Excellency is horrified to hear ugly rumors, and promises his superior that he will do whatever he can to quiete the problem. They are very annoyed that someone like Bellodi has been allowed to rise to power in a place like Sicily, because they like police who will work with the more prominent citizens.

Captain Bellodi begins searching the Grimoli chiarchiaro...