Daniel Smythe-Smith, Earl of Winsted, who shot his friend during a duel, hid abroad for three years from pursuers hired by the Earl of Ramsgate, the enraged father of the wounded man. Having learned that he was forgiven, Daniel returned home - and immediately fell passionately in love with a lovely girl who played the piano during a family concert.

This hobby does not bode well. Because, firstly, the object of Daniel’s passion is the poor governess Anne Winter, whose marriage will turn into a real scandal, and secondly, someone is hunting both the count and his beloved. Daniel assumes that Ramsgate's henchmen are pursuing him again, but Anne is clearly hiding some dangerous secret...