The novel, written in 1834, is a part of the series "The Evening in Khopr», which consists of six novellas and introduction. These are the so-called horrors, heartbreaking stories about devils, witches, ghosts, awaken from the coffin dead people and sinners. The stories are told by the participants of the evening - the landlord Asanov`s guests. Meanwhile, some of them use their wisdom, the others ...