Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.杨公公病症越来越重，头痛发作的时候，疼痛难忍，十分痛苦。全靠着是针灸止痛。再到后来，连施针也止不住头痛了。李太医只得调整药方，杨公公服下加大了药量的汤药后，整日昏睡，如此才能稍稍免去痛苦。