[1][2][3] On the train to his hometown Maddà (a fictitious place in Sicily) after one of his work trips to Rome, Advocate Salvatore Vaccagnino comes across the women's magazine Lady Signora.

On the page Ask Father Lucchesini there is a letter about the moral dilemma of a married woman in Maddà who has committed an act of infidelity in spite of loving her husband.

Due to the gravity of the situation, Father Lucchesini recommends her to stay silent till the next issue until he puts more thought into the matter.

Trying to mend their injured reputation, others tail the postman to discover the subscribers, but to their disappointment, the only ones are the public places of tailor shop and the beauty salon.

However, the article begins with Father Lucchesini's apology for a typo that had happened in the previous issue because of which the word boat (barca) reads bank (banca), hence putting the burden on Vaccagnino's shoulders.