The story is narrated by a certain Levi - a native of Leningrad, living in the Jewish ghetto of Antwerp. At the Shamesh of the Van den Nest synagogue, Levy asks about the possibility of staying for "a couple of days" with the family of his newly-minted son-in-law to get to know the life of English Jews. Walking the streets of “Jewish” Manchester and “Secular” Manchester, memories of the Leninsky District of Leningrad emerge in his memory and imagination.