The Murder of Ing. Čert

"A snowman is better than no man at all..." A forty-something woman, intelligent and attractive, lives alone. Occasionally loneliness weighs on her and she longs for male company.

One day an old friend from her youth calls - Ing. Bohouš Čert, whom she remembers as a slim young man. She invites him to dinner, which she prepares with extraordinary care, and takes equal pains with her appearance. But what a surprise when Ing. Čert turns out to be overweight and has become a neglected, rude, self-indulgent and ill-mannered egotist - he devours the delicate dinner with loud smacking and slurping, and on top of that eats all the supplies from the fridge.

She forgives him everything, hoping that Čert will eventually speak up and ask for her hand. But even a woman's patience is not infinite...