Prince Abesalom runs into an orphaned Eteri while hunting, falls for her and brings the woman to his palace as his fiancé. The Prince’s aid Murman loses his self-control at Eteri’s beauty and gives her a spelled necklace as a wedding gift. Eteri contracts a mysterious disease that only Murman is capable to heal.
The wife advises her husband, who is exhausted by the whole day's work to mix water in the wine to sell in the market, but for her husband it is a matter of conscience.