Everyone around tried to convince the charming Cordelia Hilford that her beloved Rafe married her dowry, but the young woman refused to believe it. Just as she refused to believe the news of her husband’s death in the Battle of Waterloo. However, Cordelia soon received Rafe's last letter. He swore eternal love to his wife - but at the same time he begged her to forget, in the event of his death, his very name. The letter contained some kind of secret, some kind of riddle - and a sensitive, loving heart prompted Cordelia to go in search of her husband in order to save her happiness at any cost...