Ignat began to drink, for which he was expelled from the Institute. He returns to his native County town, where there is nothing to do, all die of boredom. There is only one unmarried man — a local military Commissar. Ignat once annoy him, and the military Commissar promised to send him to the army. First Ignat runs from the military Commissar, and then suddenly they struck up a friendship, the military Commissar becomes a guy instead of his father, whom Ignat did not have… Then Ignat decides to go to the army, because he has absolutely nothing to do, but at the last moment he becomes afraid, and he goes to recover to the Institute…