A Polish-born Australian businessman arrives in Poland to find a wife for himself.
Two men are having a conversation about life and transience. One of them is terminally ill.
The piece is an analysis of a person's attitude in the face of imminent danger, and its action takes place just after World War II. In the train station waiting room, two young men lead a beer discussion, one of whom tells the other an unpleasant incident of his own life.
