Everybody in Laboewangi is gossiping about Leonie van Oudijck and her adulterous ways. Even her husband is being informed by way of anonymous letters. After warning young playboy Addy de Luce to be careful in his relationship with her step-daughter Doddi, Leonie proceeds to seduce him herself. Otto finds himself forced to fire the regent of Ngadjiwa on account of drunken behavior.