The episode starts as Andrei is obligated by his father to wait one year before marrying Natasha and travel during this time. Natasha accepts this at first but as time goes on she realizes how hard it is ti be apart from him. Nikolai refuses to marry Julie even though his family his in a poor financial state and Julie's family has this money and he declines this engagement because of his feelings for Sonia. Natasha meets Andrei's family and it doesn't go quite well and she feels that they do not like her. Anatole tries to get Natasha to escape with him but Pierre threatens him because of the…