What to do when a principled and not stupid person - associate professor Girin is forced to set off a pass from foreign literature neglectful student Kolobkova, which for him - just the punishment of God. She has never read Hamlet in her life and generally falls asleep on page 7 of any literary work.
She is, for him, a worthless and fatherly daughter. It is for her - a bore, a man with two functions: to read and to ask. However, over time, the phrase "to new exciting meetings", which Girin said to the young bestie after another "misfortune", has a completely different meaning.