Katya Verbytska finally obtained the freedom she had suffered for so much and was supposed to get married to Andriy Zhadan, but a stranger stabbed Andrey in the chest and transformed the coveted happiness into pure nightmare.

Thrown out by Piotr Czerwinski, Katya spends the night in a hotel. There she meets the Polish prince Jabloniewski. Żadan regains consciousness, but is very weak. Czerwinski is looking for a way in which he can recover his property.

Katya and Andrei Zhadan live in Nezhina, the former Chervinsky manor house. Andrei is in hospital.

The former administrator of the Czerwiński estate, Jaszka, steals Halka and Panas's daughter, Natalka, and sells her to a pair of pilgrims. The case reaches the gendarmerie station. When the truth comes out, Jaszka flees to the marshes.

Katia and her husband are back from their honeymoon. Katya started to study medicine. She wants to work and further her studies at the Żadan clinic. Katya's husband wants to solve the mystery of the attempt on his life during their wedding.

Prince Yablonevsky saves Katya from the malicious comments of the ladies of Kyiv's social cream. There is an argument with Zhadan, which Katya manages to defuse. Katya, under the guidance of Professor Verkhovintsev, delivers a baby in hospital.