The Garnet Bracelet

Zheltkov, a "little man", is possessed by a consuming love for Princess Vera Sheina, a rich society lady hardly aware of his existence. After his wife receives for her birthday a particularly expensive gift, Prince Vasily Shein visits Zheltkov, accompanied by Nikolai Nikolayevich, Vera's brother, and tells him to stop pestering the Princess. Being aware that the last thread connecting him with his...