Niedochka's stepfather, Yefimov, was originally a clarinet player from a landlord's family. After he discovered that he had a talent for playing the violin, he became pretentious and drank all day long. Later, Yefimov married Niedochka's mother. He blamed his failure to become an artist on his wife, and Niedochka always deceived his mother in order to please him. One night, Yefimov brutally killed Niedochka's mother, and he himself died soon after. Niedochka, who lost her parents, was adopted, and she began to move between two different families...
