Her mission is simple. Kill the Nazi commander from inside Porta Pinciana across the street, a clear ten meters away, then slip through that ancient archway into the Borghese gardens. A bicycle lies hidden for her in the grove behind the Topolino, the little children’s movie theatre. She will ride the blue bike in the dark until she spots Nino in his truck, ready to drive her across the Tiber and up the hill to the motherhouse of the Canossian Daughters of Charity.

