Louis Feuillade observed that these dramas "eschew any fantasy and represent men and things as they are, not as they should be.

The elderly father Fouan (Armand Bour) decides to share his property between his children, dependent on them to house him, feed him and give him two hundred francs a year each.

They do not do their job very well, especially his son, Buteau (Jean Hervé), who is gradually dispossessing Fouan of his meager fortune.

Buteau and Lise confront her sister, Françoise (Germaine Rouer), in a field.

Lise pushes her sister onto a scythe, severely wounding her, and she and Buteau abandon her to her fate.