The main character told his own story. He lived his childhood in the immensity of the countryside with his mother, his aunt and his cousin Eleonora. By living so long with his cousin, he ends up feeling something for her, to the point of falling in love completely. This love is hampered by the death of Eleonora. After this tragic event that marked the life of the young man leading to a deep depression. After years of depression, he decides to move at the accelerated and routine pace of the city. There he meets Ermengrande, a young maid with whom he marries to forget Eleonora, but the memory of his beloved will always live in his mind.
