This is a love story built on the popular Maltese legend which centres around the old castle known as Kastell ¿amitellu in the quiet village of M¿arr. A law student is fascinated by the beauty of Lüija and seeks to marry her, but her father wants a very rich man as his son-in-law. He devises a plan with an old Sicilian count who is found repugnant by Lüija. On her wedding day the bride is nowhere to be found and there follows a great alarm. Months later, she appears in a vision dressed as a nun and reveals what had happened to her and how she had died.