Makivka roz·hublena. Vse, shcho vona znala pro svit, vyyavylosʹ obmanom, a lyudyny, v yaku vona zakokhalasya, po suti, nikoly ne bulo na sviti. Yiy dovodytʹsya zhyty sered tykh, khto shchyro bazhaye yiy smerti, — i tsykh lyudey mozhna zrozumity, bo Makivka shche nedavno bula marionetkoyu yikhnikh neprymyrennykh vorohiv. Odnak navitʹ u tsiy sytuatsiyi v divchyny zʺyavlyayutʹsya nespodivani soyuznyky, a sama vona znakhodytʹ u sobi dyvovyzhni syly.