Torn by the discovery of what happened on her wedding night, Giovinetta loses all semblance of reality and ultimately breaks free from the confines of her tower. Leaving Johannes behind with nothing but a letter of farewell, she sets off into the night. She soon finds herself in a bustling town enmeshed with unfamiliar dangers, where she stumbles upon a beaten and battered young lady and decides to save her. The two young women find friendship in each other, and the sheltered Giovinetta begins to learn all about the complexities and harrowing truths of the outside world...