In the free room of a community apartment a very amiable young fitter moves in who immediately wins the sympathy of the tenants. But Madame Chpakovskaia, mother of an only daughter, has plans for this young man in whom she sees "a celebrity". However, the young people fall in love with each other without his help, and Mrs. Chpakovskaia, hearing that the groom is a quite ordinary boy, tries in vain to prevent the marriage.
