A sad story about a lucky killer who didn’t kill. His common-law wife Marina Boyarkina informs Dmitry Podlesny that she has accepted the order for the murder. Arriving at a meeting with a man who introduced himself as Ivan Ivanovich, Podlesny receives money and information for the future victim. And he learns with amazement that he must kill Marina Boyarkina. Stunned, Podlesny gets drunk, and in the morning he discovers the money is missing.