Gvendolin hotuyet′sya do vechirky v mynulomu. U neyi kupa zapytan′, ale holovne — odne: kochaye chy ne kochaye? I os′ nadchodyt′ myt′, koly divchyna opynyayet′sya u sviti intryh i tayemnyts′, de didus′ — mayzhe yiyi rovesnyk, za rohom pidsterihayut′ ozbroyeni lyudy v chornomu, a zahadkovyy hraf Sen-ZHermen rozpovidaye chymerni istoriyi. I v tsiy kruhoverti tayemnyts′ svit raptom staye dohory drygom...