<blockquote>Metélla has won her Gardefeu's hand in marriage; Gardefeu is learning to cope with his instinctual panic at the mere thought of matrimony.
The only cloud on the sky is that Bobinet, their dear friend and Metélla's occasional lover, remains stuck in an unwanted engagement to his cousin. Luckily, Gardefeu has the perfect plan of how to get him un-engaged.</blockquote>
