A 19th-century oil painting hanging in a dim Parisian apartment recounts the hour revolutionaries gathered beneath it—voices rising, ideals clashing, and the moment the city outside shifted from uncertainty to irreversible change.

In this episode, a scorched marble statue from ancient Rome recalls the single hour when a peaceful city street became an inferno. It narrates the crackle of flames, the fleeing footsteps, and the strange calm that stone feels while everything around it burns.