Edik believes that fate itself gives some of us a chance to change our lives, and he grabs the opportunity to suddenly get rich. Alas, the opportunity that he did not want to miss turns out to be not happy for him at all. Edik leaves the race, but Varya immediately picks up the baton. She is lonely, ugly and poor, like a church mouse, but she has talents that she is ready to use to create a new wonderful life for herself. Buy it. Or steal it. Or at least borrow...