The young Count Ormondo's uncle died, leaving him a lot of money as an inheritance and, in addition, his ward, a desperate girl from an orphanage. The defiant seventeen-year-old Julie seems to the Count to be something of a natural disaster. Indeed, like an unstoppable spring downpour, it washes away everything feigned, far-fetched and devoid of life, dusty stereotypes and veiled falsehoods on its way. And most importantly, this former thief uses the master key of love to open the icy shell that fettered the living heart of a young aristocrat...