Cheerful days, moonlit nights, fresh sea breezes. But what to do when no one is there to appreciate it all? The Brasen couple runs a hotel on the east coast of Jutland with little support. It is only a newspaper advertisement that brings about a change. Summer visitors flock in, and the Brasen's troubles suddenly take on a different nature. The conciseness and precision with which Herman Bang develops his characters are unmatched. Not a word too many, no ornamental embellishments, no atmospheric padding, but lovingly sketched details that unexpectedly come together as a whole. Scene by scene, seemingly casually, the picture of an era emerges. A sun-hungry society, for instance, when it descends upon the hotel like a swarm of locusts and swiftly puts an end to all tranquility, exemplifies the birth of tourism from the spirit of the age.