Mr. Prodmore owns the mortgage to the Yule family estate. He will forgive the vast debt if Yule will marry his daughter. The enchanting Grace has other ideas.
Adela, who has taken on the role of running the family since her mother's death, must work to 'save' her father from re-marrying and her brother from a scheming music hall artiste.
Bessie and Lord Lambeth meet in Newport and both seem smitten. Everyone assumes that when Bessie visits London the next spring, she is set on marrying him.
