Lomov has just been given the okay to propose to Natalya. Chubokov leaves the room to tell her to come in. Lomov wants to propose to his neighbor's daughter. Given permission by his neighbor, he ...

Lomov a nervous hypochondriac, visits his neighbour Natasha to ask for her hand in marriage. But his romantic endeavours are scuppered when the couple, and also her father, find themselves in a circle ...