A mother's deep love for her expatriate son, Giorgis, and her grief and sorrow for the inexplicable murder of her other son, Christakis, is vividly illustrated in the short story by Georgios Vizyinos. The return of the expatriate somewhat relieves her pain but doesn’t alleviate her grief. She adjures, therefore, Giorgis and her other son, Michailos, to search for their brother's murderer and avenge him. She is ignorant, of course, of who her son's murderer is and anxiously searches for him, while her Turk protégé, Kiamilis, whom she had taken care of if he were her child, after a dramatic adventure, although not knowing that he is the one who has -unwittingly- killed the son of his benefactress. A shocking revelation with dramatic consequences, when it comes to light. Kiamilis loses his senses and begs Giorgis not to tell his mother. To atone for his sin, having ultimately gone insane, he devotes himself to working for the mother, who never hears the truth.

Demet informs Nazile about where she can find Kiamil. She then goes to the Sheikh's area to meet him. There, she will reveal the truth to him—that her father forced her into marriage and that she never rejected him. Kiamil, for his part, will confess the secret that has been tormenting him. He took revenge for her brother by killing his murderer. Of course, he doesn't know who he really killed. In the end, the two young people decide to leave together the next day.

Ahmet, while interrogating Charalambis, discovers that he knows the murderer of Christakis. He sends him to Istanbul with the goal of pointing him out. The sly Charalambis, however, has other plans. He bribes his guard in order to escape. And he succeeds. Thus, Ahmet's and Michailos' efforts will ultimately be in vain.

The Mother and Valinde bring the gypsy back, this time trying to have her identify the murderer. The gypsy, with her tricks, gets close to uncovering the terrible truth.