El coraje de hablar. Don Matteo is falsely accused of having an affair with the wife of a man who is blackmailed. She does not tell the truth to avoid police find out they made a deal with an usurer, forcing the bishop to fire Don Matteo.
Don Matteo's help is needed by a young woman, whose family is in financial distress and being blackmailed. The townspeople, surprised about their priest's meetings with this beautiful woman, start to spread rumours...