This story centers around a young woman trying to escape a forced situation orchestrated by her father and a count who has paid for her. The father, who sold his daughter to the count, quickly realizes that the man with her is not the count but the gardener, and a desperate pursuit ensues. As the father and his accomplices chase after the girl and the gardener, the daughter expresses her desire to ruin herself so no one will want to marry her, preferring to lose her status and life rather than endure a forced marriage. The gardener and the young woman are on the run, evading capture as her father unleashes the dogs to track them down. The scene is filled with urgency, rebellion, and a desire for freedom from a life of oppression.