It's early morning in Sainte Victoire and Gloria lets her dogDouglas out, unwittingly leading him to the discovery of alifeless body with a fencing foil protruding from his chest,and in possession of an extremely rare diamond encrustedcufflink.Caron, sensing a peculiar case, asks Jean to examinethe ominous foil— which seems to be a 19th-century Epee duCombat. Eager for clues, Jean insists on scrutinising theconfiscated swords back at the police station.Dom arrives at LaCouronne to find it closed. He's dragged inside by a concernedJudith and Jeremy who explain that the previous pub owners raninto financial troubles and they have secretly owned it for afew years now.Back at the police station, Caron reveals thatthe stolen epee swords were part of a theft from a localmuseum. The victim, George Allaire, once a big-time localgangster, had taken a turn into petty theft. The mysterydeepens as they ponder his demise and the inexplicablepossession of the expensive cufflink?Jean shows Charlie andSimone a photo of the cufflink, prompting Simone to admit tocrafting a copy for a mysterious and potentially dangerousclient.We soon discover that it is not just any murder but astory of honour and the last-ever duel to take place in SainteVictoire.
