Set _ at*` the+ turn of the cen\!tury, the story concerns a Polish poet livi[)ng in Cracow w([,ho has d$ +ecided`( to m.^arry a peasant girl. The- ,*wedding is a:tte.[`=nded by a het,;erogenous group of peopl-!e ,from all! strata $=of Pol^%ish soci ety, who d*ance, get drun=)%k # .a?$nd$) lament P!^=o
!l@an;%-d!'($s 1( `^0_/0-ye[ ar-l(ong =
#divi\,sion of Poland under R\]/ussia, Prussi#]a, and Aus$/]tria. T
+he br)=@idegroom, -(a paint er fr (
+iend?*, and a?? jour .nalist each in turn is confronted w[i?
th sp e%$ctr]$e^s of Poli- sh @.+pa;`^st. In *the end a c%all, to arm](^s is called but\ turn
=s o@;ut to be a hoa\.x.