"We are married by the tide..." - a poem about love in spite of everything, which turned the world of heroes, which seemed to them almost unchanged. Frederick and Jeanette were going to tie themselves to other people, but their acquaintance fatally makes it impossible to live without each other, without holding hands. But their hands are held accountable to those who love them. And the knowledge of life itself draws a sad forecast for the union of a “pure” young man and a girl who is not distinguished by high moral behavior. But the love of Jean Anuy violates the boundaries of norms, for her betrayal is a second deviation from the embrace and in the tragedy she finds her true triumph.