Finally, fortune turned to face the journalist Inna, and not in its usual place! She had the opportunity to write a book for a wealthy customer, Pokrovskaya, and even meet her beloved St. Petersburg aunt Isolda. The hired writer was about to get to work when she suddenly discovered in the customer’s elegantly furnished apartment an old family heirloom that seemed vaguely familiar to her. Wasn’t Aunt Isolde so worried about her fate? Inna was overcome by the spirit of adventurism, and she plunged headlong into someone else's, more than dubious past...