A law student passed his exam in his first B.A. year in Paris ;he is in love with a girl who is not from the bourgeoisie and the boy is afraid his father might not approve of their union;we learn that the dad wants his offspring to marry into money :there's a long conversation about the future bride's dowry.The boy brings his sweetheart to his hometown where she becomes his dad's secretary and soon indispensable to him.The young man's aunt ,a spinster,will be helpful.