How to relieve heart pain? Retired lieutenant Nathanael Kekin thought about this as he headed to his Nizhny Novgorod estate. An unexpected meeting with the family of Count Volotsky radically changes not only his route, but also his fate. A mysterious predestination makes Nathanael the only savior of the count’s lovely daughter Natalia, who suffers from an unusual mental illness. But, having healed the patient’s soul, Kekin realizes that he has lost his heart. What choice will Natalia herself make: love or hate?