Podkolyossin, a timid bachelor, is convinced by a shrewd matchmaker and a friend of him to go to a prospect bride's living room, to make her a proposal. There, he finds gathered other prospect grooms, and the situation obtains a massive character. We follow the various motives of the grooms, their types and opinions, the time when Podkolyossin, behaves complexically, and awkwardly. Finally, the diplomatic handling of his matchmaker friend leads the matchmaking to success and a fast marriage is fixed. However Podkolyossin, the last moment, climbs on the window, and runs off panic-stricken. A comedy reflecting the Russian society of the time, with all its shortcomings, as it describes the whims of the relationships and the stupidities of institutions complicating people. (Extract from Thessaloniki newspaper)