Meetings between teacher Evelyn Lenton and the famous lawyer Thomas Ivor, a trustee of her college, almost every time occur under shocking circumstances that you would not imagine on purpose. All sorts of misunderstandings make Thomas and Evelyn almost enemies: from ironic verbal sparring, these two now and then turn to outright quarrels. It would seem that understanding between a fragile teacher and a magnificent lawyer is in principle impossible. But is this so?..