El inspector encargado de resolver el caso de una matanza en la casa señorial de un cortijo extremeño cree haber encontrado al culpable. Sin embargo, un viejo alfarero pone en duda las sospechas del inspector y procede a desgranar sus razones. ----- The inspector in charge of solving the case of a slaughter in the smart house of a farm believes to have found the guilty. However, an old potter questions the inspector's suspicions and he proceeds to explain his reasons.