The cold and cynical Lord Lazarus Care and the true example of piety Temperance Dewes... What could unite them? Lord Care is looking for a murderer in the dirty London slums of St. Giles, and who knows the inhabitants of this area better than Temperance, who is engaged in charity work there? The union of the seducer and the virtuous At first, the young widow's relationship is only of a business nature. But every day, Lazarus and his faithful assistant are surrounded by more and more dangers. And every day they are more and more attracted to each other...