In the house of the young widow Polina Platonovna Mikhailova, life flowed steadily and joylessly. Forbidding herself to even think about love after the death of her husband, a twenty-five-year-old woman, beautiful and smart, rejects any courtship, voluntarily locking herself in the family estate. Meanwhile, three men are in love with the beautiful widow, one of whom is her own manager, Pyotr Ivanovich Cherkesov. Only chance helps Polina understand that her heart is open to love, that she already... loves. The winding path along which these two go towards their happiness is full of unexpected discoveries, painful experiences and passionate feelings.