This is the story of a symbol. It’s the symbol of death, and also symbol of a secret association, exclusively female, that extols the benefits of violent punishment for all guilty parties: “mourning for mourning, a child for a child”! Everyone thought that the SHI association had disappeared forever. But it’s just started showing signs of existence again. An assassination will lead us back to the very beginnings of the SHI, halfway through the 19th century, at the heart of London as it prepares for the first World Exhibition. At the beginning, there was anger...