Provincial nobleman Peter Bronin is mired in gambling debts, his estate is mortgaged. The only way to fix things is to marry off their daughters: Katenka and Salome. Quiet Katya is ready to submit to the will of her father. And the eccentric Salome thinks quite differently: "I Do not agree to be traded as a slave. And I will not allow myself to be bought as a thing. I want to drive these stupid men crazy. I want them to crawl before me on their knees, offering their riches for a moment of pleasure. They will bring me their empty heads on a platter...»