The Story of His Maid

19th century. Young Count Nikolai Sheremetev returns to Moscow—a coveted bachelor whose arrival instantly captures the attention of all high society. Mothers hatch plans, daughters dream of securing a wealthy groom, and gossip spreads faster than invitations to balls.

Meanwhile, the Averin family finds itself on the brink of collapse: the father has lost a fortune in cards, and this debt threatens to strip them of their estate and their future. Anna, the eldest daughter, unexpectedly faces a choice for which neither her birth nor her upbringing prepared her: to save her family from total ruin, she becomes a servant in the house of Count Sheremetev, to whom her father is indebted.

For Nikolai, it is merely a matter of principle, but the stubborn, sincere Anna—who is entirely unlike the girls of his circle—gradually begins to occupy the Count's thoughts. In this house, where everyone dreams of love in their own way, their story begins as a coincidence—and all too quickly becomes something more than just a deal.

Parallelly, other storylines unfold: the tender and touching story of first love between Anna's younger brother, Roman, and the daughter of the wealthy neighbors, the Spitsyns.