The Norman knight Graham de Moreton, who gained fame in the crusade, found himself in a strange story. This stern warrior, who despised women and marriage, was forced to marry the French aristocrat Cassia, who was lying on her deathbed, after which he returned to England, considering himself a widower. Imagine Graham's amazement when, a short time later, his beautiful wife arrived at his castle with the firm intention of not only turning a fictitious marriage into a real one, but also winning the love of her stranger husband...