To test Dorante's sincerity, whom she is being betrothed to without ever having met him, Silvia swaps clothes with her maid Lisette. What she does not know is that her suitor is using the same ploy with his valet Arlequin.
Thus disguised, the two couples will fall prey to this game of chance and love orchestrated by Silvia's father and his son Mario. Will they manage to escape this cruel romantic maze? That is, of course, the whole point of this brilliant scenario, exhausting for those who are its victims, but delightful for those who manipulate them.
