The mother's deep love for her exiled son, Giorgis, and her pain and despair over the inexplicable murder of her other son, Christakis, are vividly depicted in Georgios Vizyenou's short story. The return of the exiled son somewhat sweetens her pain, but does not cure her grief. She therefore exhorts Giorgis and her other son, Michael, to search for their brother's murderer and not to leave him unavenged. Of course, she is unaware of who her son's murderer is and searches for him anxiously, at the same time that her Turkish protege, Kiamil, whom she had nursed as her own child, after a dramatic adventure, is also unaware that he is the one who, unwittingly, has killed his benefactor's son. A shocking revelation, which when it comes to light, has tragic consequences...