A philatelist absorbed in his collection abandons his wife. He had her followed by a detective and learned that two young people were courting her. He gives them two rare stamps and gets his wife back.
Not content to be an austere judge, M. de Méricourt is also a domestic tyrant. He terrorizes his son René to such an extent that the young man has dared not confess to him that he has married. As can be guessed, a lot of confusion ensues.