This film is about an old aristocrat who returns to his hometown in northern Spain to find out who his real granddaughter is, to define an heir.(he has two granddaughters one of which is an illegitimate child). He loves both of them, but becomes more greatly attached to the older child (Dolly) who he feels is the image of his late wife.
When he finds out that Dolly is not his granddaughter; he is unhappy, and considers suicide; The girl's mother is in the process of taking them to live with her in Madrid, but Dolly wants to stay in town to take care of her grandfather.
Almost at the point of jumping to his death, Dolly arrives at the scene and the grandfather realizes that although she is not in his bloodline, he loves her very much and decides to stay and live with her and a friend.
When he finds out that Dolly is not his granddaughter; he is unhappy, and considers suicide; The girl's mother is in the process of taking them to live with her in Madrid, but Dolly wants to stay in town to take care of her grandfather.
Almost at the point of jumping to his death, Dolly arrives at the scene and the grandfather realizes that although she is not in his bloodline, he loves her very much and decides to stay and live with her and a friend.