Flank, Bringsomething, and Unjudge the Wise don’t even groan anymore, trapped as they are in the high-security prison.
The Heelheads, who toss the international chef’s latest experiment through the little window once a week, spread the rumor that there is nothing in that subterranean cell but a statue, a bust, and an equestrian figure.
Until one night, the Ghost of Justice pays them a visit in their cell.
It comes in the form of an about-to-burst drainpipe and the sound it makes through the wall tells them the following tale: The train arrives to the village. A little boy and a little girl—brother and sister—are sitting together, and out the window they note the details of the station as the train comes to a stop. Look, says the little boy, we are in Damas. Silly! the little girl replies, can’t you see we are in Varones?
The next day, the warden, Accountant Carola, explains to the public that the prisoners made their escape when the drainage system collapsed.
Why, then, does the story spread among the Heelheads that, on that night, they heard a peal of laughter so powerful it shook the high-security prison to its foundation?