In her youth, Vera experienced a draining passion—one that looked most like a heavy, exhausting illness. Since then, as if a hole had been burned in her heart, and relationships with men didn’t work out in any way. That went on until the moment Vera met the person who truly was “her own.” But can you expect him to feel the same, if between them isn’t only the weight of the years they’ve lived, but also a difference in social status?..