Jasper Challinor, Marquess of Lensborough, owner of the title and enormous wealth, decided that the time had come to take care of procreation. For his bride, the Marquis went to Yorkshire to the estate of Sir Thomas Gregory, the father of two charming girls of marriageable age. It so happened that Sir Thomas’s niece, Lady Esther, almost died under the wheels of the Marquis’s carriage. Because of her plain clothes, Lord Lensborough took her for a beggar and did not treat her very kindly. However, the Marquis soon appreciated the intelligence, directness of character and charm of the red-haired, at first glance awkward girl. Unexpectedly for himself, he decides to choose her as his wife, but then a seemingly insurmountable obstacle arises...