The house At the Two Suns on the Lesser Town is witness to the small and big events of its dwellers' lives. On the roof, young Václav Bavor is reading his poetry and dreaming of a career as a journalist. His old parents own only a small grocer's shop and Václav has to do boring work at the office. Mother Bavorová has a very vivid dream and puts the numbers that she looked up in a dream-book onto a lottery ticket. Václav's colleague Ferdinand Ebr, owner of the house, has many worries. The costly life he must lead to maintain the notable image of his family has brought him into debt. His embittered older daughter Matylda is trying to keep hold of her bridegroom, cavalry Captain Korzineck, at all costs. But he is also in debt and breaks the engagement when he realizes that he won't be getting the expected dowry with the bride. The good looking seamstress Josefinka is getting married soon. The lawyer Loukota is cleverly manipulated by his landlady Mrs Lakmusová into marrying her daughter Klárka. Václav provokes a scandal at the office. He is fired for his caricatures and mocking remarks about his superiors. Mother Bavorová wins the lottery and buys the dreamed of mangle. The sullen father accepts the fact that his son is going to be a writer.
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