Mathys trouve Théo raciste car il est atteint de dansologie noir, mais Romain sort de sous la table et dit qu'en tant que noir il n'a pas du tout été vexé. Mathys demande Théo en mariage mais Romain vole Théo à Mathys, qui sanglote lamentablement.
Enrico Bottini, an engineering student, prepares to serve as an officer when Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. At the train station, he meets Garrone, an old friend from elementary school, and begins to reminisce on the values instilled to him by both school and his father.