A man urgently tries to figure out how to smuggle a portrait out within three days but is intercepted by a group searching for him. They discuss a failed attempt when spies, disguised as painters, were killed, increasing the mission's danger. When he fails to provide the secret watchword, the group immediately suspects him as an outsider. Despite his protests, the tension escalates quickly, and they decide to kill him. The episode ends with his desperate call for help and his fate hanging in the balance.