Based on the novel by A.V. Amfiteatrov "Lyudmila Verkhovskaya".
On a whim, Irina throws herself into the arms of a student named Zarzhetsky, but when he proposes to her, she flatly refuses. Years later, Zarzhetsky reappears in her life and blackmails her with evidence from their past.
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