About the book: year / 1922. The young aristocrat Ernest Peake, living in his aunt’s estate, cannot recover (primarily psychologically) from the consequences of the First World War. The road to salvation for him is the love of the granddaughter of a local priest and help to the peasants in organizing a holiday in honor of the mistress of the local reservoirs, as well as a confrontation with his aunt, seized by fanatical religious zeal.