Lord Sayre enjoyed a bad reputation in London society - his Don Juan exploits were so widely known that they earned the frivolous aristocrat the nickname Pirate in Love. The vicissitudes of his diplomatic career bring Sayre onto a ship heading to the shores of Borneo. Among the passengers is the lovely Bertilla, a girl, at first glance at whom the Pirate in Love understands that he appears to be not the hunter, but the prey. But one day a fire breaks out on the ship, and the ship dies in flames...