Beate and Mareile grew up together in Kaltin Castle. Beate and Günther belong to the long-standing Baltic nobility. Baroness Beate von Losnitz and Günther von Tarniff are children of the neighborhood. The properties of both families are contiguous. Günther married Beate and moved to Kaltin Castle as a teacher. Mareile Ziepe, the daughter of Gut Kaltin's inspector, was very lucky. Princess Elise Kornowitz took them to Berlin. In the metropolis, Mareile became the "most famous" singer. "Prince Kornowitz languishes" in the beautiful.