A butcher's boy, in love with the daughter of one of his neighbors, a penniless baron, finds himself in financial difficulties as he begins construction of a building on the land he has inherited.
Irène
Achille
The Baron
Bolozon
'Le pépé'
Angelo
Mrs. Bolozon
Mrs. Gilley, civil servant's wife
Cregut
Gilley, civil servant
Mr. Gaby
Nicole
Mrs. Cregut
The Baroness
The farmer