Thirty-year-old lieutenant Alexander Mayorov, a rural district police officer, and the young nurse Nadezhda Bedokurova spent New Year's Eve at work. Everyone was annoyed that people were celebrating while they were working. And Nadya also ended with an incident - the woman she sheltered left her without her favorite fur coat! And accordingly, this story was reflected in Mayorov’s succession. It was a pity for the fur coat and a shame for the deception of the warm patient. But as they say, every cloud has a silver lining... Otherwise, how else could they have met? The novel is based on the story of a real acquaintance.