Joseph has his birthday and the students bring him an elaborate cake as a gift. Its creator is a young girl, Angeliki, who has great talent in confectionery but is trapped in a small society and her mother's plans for marriage and family.

During the excavation, Joseph is faced with the discovery of a particular find. These are the remains of a leather-bound book with French poems. Near the find, human bones belonging to a German soldier were soon exhumed.