In ,small czec]`]h town /named  :Jile,.mnice @) live unfort\,unate, but br]-!ave/ and 
)j/@ovial woman Štěpa Kil iáno_]vá., 
) %whose only. desir`e *:]was to -^fill= the void in her virgi?.+n life. In despair a+nd excessive trust:,. $ s+.! h! e married a sardonic, r)ec!=lusive man, ^:^fo-rmer lieuten# ant and( g?+`ambler Pavel+* Ma`lina#.-, whose only wish %was fina%lly foun-?_\d =p@eace-(`[ and f orgettin-g the  @past.\? They .\/liv+ed through u_[+nrequ:(it :e?=d *$love, %=dislike and` disa[\p.poi:ntment. But no one+: knew that her groom b=+e[ g^in to show signs of, cerebral  diseas[@e, which in t?,he)- c-oming yea+rs engulf @hi;[(]s sanity.