All life is a theater, and the people in it are actors. And if not people, then actors doubly so. Relatives no longer take them seriously, having forgotten about past merits, the source fades away without receiving the necessary replenishment - and, therefore, decrepitude is not far off. But suddenly the great-grand-nephew declares that he has found a girl after his heart. One problem is that she is illegitimate, with a rare magical and little-used gift, and is not at all suitable as a wife for the heir of the Green Valley. It’s worth shaking off the old days, helping him solve this problem, and at the same time seeing an old acquaintance. All this is quite within the capabilities of one elderly lady who has become bored. About some family representatives and their characteristics.