Emma lost her mother, lives with a father hypochondriac and has just been left by his housekeeper-friend who got married. He needs another classmate who is now in Harriet Smith, which will take care and will try to marry with Mr. Elton. The latter, however, mistaking the attention of Emma, who is always present to Cupid between the two, he says to her.Emma, who initially reveals no willingness to submit to the rules of love, rejects him, while her friend is madly fall in love with him and she will be forced to suffer the humiliation of not being paid back.