Убита старая гувернантка Курочкина. Анна случайно находит тело, а рядом с ним — тетрадь со странными стихами.
The investigation of a seemingly simple domestic assassination of a former governess leads to the resumption of espionage history eight years ago - Prince Razumovsky, with whom Stolman fought a duel, comes to Zatonsk and is very interested in a blue notebook with strange poems written in English by a children's hand.