Poverty forced the young American Constance Lloyd to leave her homeland and go to England, where she was given a position as a governess. An independent and spontaneous girl wins the hearts of two men. One is a sophisticated aristocrat, a brilliant socialite. The second is his best friend, a dashing conqueror of women with the desperate soul of an adventurer. So which of the two is Constance destined for by fate itself? Who will bring her the gift of ardent love and burning, frantic passion, will become happiness and the meaning of life for her?..