The old writer is sorting through the relics in his hands, reminding him of the events of bygone years. In the first novel, a girl betrays her love by having an affair with someone she doesn't love, and dies by his hand. In the second novel, the girl accompanies the groom to the front, he bequeaths her, if she is killed, to enjoy life here on earth, and then meet him there, in another life. He will be killed, she will outlive him by a lot, and she will try to arrange her life on earth. In the third novel (memory within memory), the hero tells his wife about the girl he loved, and she betrayed him by obeying her mother's will.