Smenyaetsya epokha, prokhodyat gody, no lyudi pokhozhi svoey sushchnost'yu v lyubom vremeni. Neizmennymi ostayutsya ponyatiya, o chesti, lyubvi, predatel'stve, Chistaya lyubov' chereduetsya so zloboy i koryst'yu na protyazhenii stoletiy. Milaya i nezhnaya Lenni, poryvistaya Sabrina, zhiznestoykaya, tvyerdaya kak skala Matil'da.Eti zhenshchiny predstavitel'nitsy svoey epokhi kazhdaya, a priroda kak by slivayas' s ikh strastyami i emotsiyami utverzhdaet eto.V etom smysl romana.Eti zhenshchiny uydut v nebytie, a ozero navsegda sokhranit ikh tayny.