Fable of Venice

Corto falls through the roof a masonic lodge in Venice. The freemason Bepi Faliero accompanies him through the streets of Venice, and Corto tells that he is in Venice looking for an emerald called \"Solomon's Clavicle\". They meet a group of fascist Blackshirts led by Stevani, their argument is interrupted by The Poet (based on Gabriele D'Annunzio). Faliero invites Corto to meet the Neoplatonic philosopher Hipazia.