Harita Ignatievna Ogudalova is a noblewoman of a good and respected family name, a widow with three adult daughters. Everyday after the death of her husband, Dmitriy Stepanovich, she does everything to arrange the life of her daughters (that is, to marry them to sufficiently rich and noble grooms). In the absence of funds, she keeps an open house, hoping that a society of beautiful and musical young ladies will attract single men rich enough to marry loveless women.
—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)