Bourdillon is the only teacher in Mister Calumet's boarding- school for girls ;his headmaster ,who keeps on stuffing himself with food ,soon dies of indigestion.The teacher ,in love with his wife, woos her :but alas,she was in awe of her (not handsome at all, though) late hubby and , deceived by the evil bursar ,she believes in metempsychosis and that the faithful departed is reincarnated as a dog she treats as a human being ,much to Bourdillon's disappointment .To conquer her love, he goes as far as to disguise himself as a woman to take her exam.