A marriage between people of different social ranks often turns into tragedy for the couple. The high position of the protagonist, Eduard, obliges him to have a wife who will match his circle. However, Eduard fails to teach his beloved temperamental Romani woman, Lilia, the manners of an elegant lady. Lilia falls in love with Pavel, Eduard’s stableman. On a winter night, two corpses are found on the site of the burned stable—Lilia and her lover Pavel.
Eduard, accused of murdering his wife and the stableman, is sentenced to fifteen years of imprisonment. After his release, fate reveals to him a shattering truth…