Count Vielgorsky's chief manager has disappeared. He left to collect money from the estates and never returned. The count turned to the Moscow Chief of Police with a request to find the missing man. He took control of the investigation and soon found a suspect - a certain Mr. Kozitsky from the village of Pavlovskoye. It was there that the missing manager was last seen. But a thorough check did not yield any results. Mr. Kozitsky was clean. It was not possible to find any other suspects, the investigation stalled, and then completely died out. But suddenly a witness appeared in the case of the disappearance of the chief manager...