Love seemed like a sin to her. Love became happiness for her. Jane Mayhew, who had long resigned herself to the joyless fate of an old maid, did not expect absolutely any changes in her dull existence. However, a tiny girl found on the threshold of the house suddenly becomes a surprise for Jane, radically changing her fate. And then provincial life turned out for the young woman with the splendor and luxury of London society, and sad loneliness - with the ardent, fiery passion of the mysterious conqueror of Ethan's hearts, Lord Chasebourne.