Victor has planned a romantic evening with a married woman whose husband is away on business. Dinner is over, the young son is finally put to bed, Victor and Marta retire to her bedroom, where she quickly becomes ill and dies in Victor's arms. Should he call her family and admit he was there? How will Marta's elderly father take the news? Eventually, Victor and Marta's husband share their secrets of dealing with wives and lovers in a climactic ending.