Rosalia is just a governess, and her lover Anatoly is a nobleman and the son of the owners. The rich family and public opinion will not tolerate such a misalliance. The time has come for Anatoly to decide who he is: a spoiled barchuk or a man capable of protecting his love from gossip? Anatoly himself did not know what black abysses his soul could hide within.

And the choice he makes will be the choice of a coward and a murderer. Years later, the girl he destroyed will return to take revenge...