When the wealthy widow Juliane Cramer discovers that her nephews and nieces are living like sledrians at her expense, she slams the coffers in: "You do not work, you just enjoy, you do not love, you just flirt, you do not live, you just pass the time , and it's all my money's fault, "she thunders. Aunt Cramer now puts the young people to various tests so that they can prove that they are worthy of a place in the will.