From the family estate, Sean O'Neill was called and beckoned by an unknown life. In vain Eleanor begged him to stay, convincing him that his happiness was the house that he raised from the ruins and her love. Sean was adamant, he thirsted for adventure and danger. And they were not slow to appear in his life as soon as he left his native threshold. Eleanor waited for him for four long years and, in despair, agreed to marry the handsome, rich and well-born Peter Sinclair. She didn't know that Sean was in prison because of a conspiracy. The truth was revealed to her when he unexpectedly appeared just before her wedding.