To danske digtere mødes tilfældigt på fru Linds pensionat i Haderslev. Herman Bang og Holger Drachmann. De kaster sig begge over stuepigen Karens personlige problemer. Eller er de mere interesseret i deres egne?
Two Danish poets meet by chance at Mrs. Lind's guesthouse in Haderslev. Herman Bang and Holger Drachmann. They both throw themselves into the personal problems of the maid Karen. Or are they more interested in their own?
