After recovering from a vile letter, Paul goes to his wife. At the moment of intimacy Tanya loses consciousness. Bringing his wife to life, Paul is convinced of her innocence. When she falls asleep, he tries to guess from Bulgakov's book about their future, but something ominous turns out. During the visit of his parents, Paul is having a quarrel with his father, but Lydia Tarasovna miraculously works with her daughter-in-law.