A circus actor, riding a horse and shooting at balloons in the hands of his friend and partner, receives a letter stating that his grandmother is seriously ill. Despite the fact that it is possible that the death because of an old feud waits for him there, he’s going. His partner, worrying about his friend, goes with it. The adventure begins after Durov asks one of the horsemen to take off a cap at a local theater, where “Layla and Majnun” was set. He refused to remove the cap, and the partner took it off himself.