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The drama takes place in an attic room where the ailing musician Onni is visited by his mother, his fiancée Ireene, and their friend Kaarlo. Conversations and waking visions about a sleigh ride, plans for a study trip to Italy, and recalled piano pieces reveal Onni's fragile health, artistic sensitivity, and rising jealousy. Music serves as both solace and source of distress, and the characters debate hopes for recovery alongside the danger that strong emotion might worsen his condition. The scene balances intimate domestic care with psychological intensity, examining longing, the demands of creative temperament, and the blurred border between dream and reality.