 The grandson of an elderly fisherman was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The guilty party is an influential magistrate well out of reach of such a poor wretch. The old man shuts himself away in a deserted military baracks close to the boy s grave. One day however, one of the magistrate s young daughters wanders into the dunes and befriends the misanthrope. Nonetheless, the terrible hermit refuses to come to aid of his enemy s wife, who seeks out his help for their second daughter, struck down by a poison which the fisherman can cure. But the influence of his young friend puts an end to his unassuageable thirst for revenge.