A scandalous ball at a country estate... A ball at which only notorious rakes and expensive courtesans will be present... A ball where the charming Harriet, Duchess of Burrough, desperately wants to attend. In order not to be recognized, she decides to take a daring step - she dresses up in a man's suit and pretends to be a young man taking his first steps on the path of vice. However, Harriet's secret is immediately revealed by the owner of the estate - the cheerful and frivolous Lord Strange. But he is in no hurry to announce this - on the contrary, he promises to take the “young man” under his protection. Harriet does not even suspect that Julian’s friendship is just a cunning trap of seduction...