Both Natasha and Andrei claim they are deeply in love, so Andrei's father requires him to go abroad for a year for business, and to see if his love still stands then. Because of his family's debt, Nikolai is pressured to marry the wealthy Julie Karagina, but he insists on marrying his cousin Sonya to his parents after a family trip. Boris' mother offers him two women as options for marriage: Marya (Andrei's sister) or Julia Karagina. Natasha, after meeting Andrei's family, understands that she is unwanted, so she falls in love with Anatole, who plans to elope with her. Informed of this…