The beautiful Lady Marian, trying to find the villain who killed her father, poses as a gypsy healer. Her suspicions fall on the Earl of Faulkham, to whom their estate passed. But the count is a dangerous and suspicious man. A devoted friend and secret agent of the king, he knows well what betrayal is, and has long forgotten how to trust - even his own feelings. Fascinated by the mysterious gypsy, he tried with all his might to reveal her secret, not noticing that he had long ago fallen into the nets he himself had laid.