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A one-act comic play set in a small provincial household where rumors of impending war spark panic buying and conspicuous preparations. The Varovainen couple hoards provisions and plans lavish purchases to secure their comfort and standing, while their daughter receives and hides engagement letters from a young lieutenant. Servants provide a parallel, more sober perspective on poverty, courtship, and practical constraints. Through brisk domestic scenes and comic misunderstandings the piece satirizes opportunism, social pretensions, and how fear of conflict distorts priorities, pairing light farce with a critical look at bourgeois habits.
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