Ke hōʻike ʻia mai nei kahi moʻolelo pohihihi me nā overtones o kahi thriller iā mākou mai kahi ʻano o kēlā me kēia lā, hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou mākou iā mākou iho i loko o ka manaʻo kikoʻī i hōʻike ʻia iā mākou. ʻO ia ka mea e hana nei ma ka puke Ma ka hale diabolo. He kanaka maʻamau ʻo Giulio Terenzi me ke ola maʻamau, hoʻokahi lā wale nō ʻo ia i kau ai i ka…. kahi i loaʻa iā ia ka ipu hao (e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei ma kahi ʻano ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻōlelo koloku). Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Giulio mai ke keʻena panakō kahi āna e hana ai a hoʻonoho ʻia iā Castromagno, kahi kūlanakauhale mamao kahi i koi ʻia ai he lālā panakō. Inā ʻaʻole no ka ʻelemakule ʻo Baroness Eleonora de Santis, nona ka hoʻoilina, ma ke kumu, hiki ke hōʻoia i ke ola ʻana o kekahi mau lālā.
Ua pōʻino ʻo Giulio i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana i kēlā kūlanakauhale i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka manaʻo o ka decadence ʻumikūmāiwa-kenekulia. ʻO ke kanaka āna i lawe ai, nona ka physiognomy i hoʻopili ʻia me ka mōʻī kahiko, e haʻi iā ia i ka hana i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia. Ma waho aʻe o nā hana hoʻomalu a ʻoihana paha, hāʻawi ia i kahi ʻike e pili ana i ke ʻano o kekahi o nā kamaʻāina kūikawā, a me nā hihia lurid o ka nalowale ʻana o nā poʻe i manaʻo ʻia he mea pili ʻole i kekahi o nā hoalauna ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana e hoʻopiʻi iā Giulio e lilo i manaʻo piha a hoʻokaʻawale e pili ana i kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻomaha ana i kona hoʻomaha ʻana, i loko o kāna cadence maoli ʻole, kahi manawa e like me ke kali ʻana i ka mea hewa.
Ma muli o kekahi mau mea e like me Corrado, ka moʻopuna a ka baroness, e hoʻopilikia i kēlā manaʻo ʻeleʻele o kekahi ʻano ʻino. He aha ka hana a ke kanaka ʻōpio e like me ia ma ia kūlanakauhale? He aha ka hopena o kēlā poʻe kamaʻāina i komo i loko o nā hana pōʻino i lilo i helu helu i ko lākou nalowale?
ʻO ka mea kākau kaulana Italia ʻO Marco Romano hōʻike ʻo ia iā mākou iho he leo hou i ka palapala Italia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke Ma ka hale diabolo, ka puke hou na Romano de Marco, maanei: