In attendance is Tonio's grief-stricken mother, who admits to Norah that Tonio was in fact a murderer, and that when his father discovered Tonio's crimes, he murdered Tonio himself and disposed of his remains.
Tonio's grieving mother is present at the gathering. She tells Norah that Tonio had been a murderer and that her husband discovered this fact, leading him to kill Tonio and conceal his remains.