Katya discovers that her husband, the writer Victor, has been unfaithful to her with his boss, Anfisa. After a stormy confrontation filled with mutual accusations and absurd suspicions, Victor takes steps—sometimes comical, sometimes foolish—towards reconciliation with his wife. Anfisa tries to prevent this, even going so far as to attempt to enlist the help of a sorcerer. But Katya and Victor love one another and eventually make up. The whole situation could not fail to affect Victor, the writer. Instead of a detective story, he writes a romance novel. ‘Every little window is a human life, like a soul; just look inside it — everything is there.’