Maryla Szymiczkowa is the pen name of Jacek Dehnel and Piotr Tarczyński.
It is the year 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia TurbotyÅ,,ska has assured her husband's rise through the ranks to university professor and is now looking for something to fill her long days at home. To stave off the boredom and improve her social standing, she decides to organise a charity raffle.