
The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local poorhouse and has to go out begging. Her guardian Petr Tumlíř, however, sees that she is competent enough to go to school.
Sýkorová
Dr. Nečas
Dr. Leiner
starosta Rejlek
starostova žena
Jarka, syn Rejlkových