The daughter of the village vicar, Emymitist Delby, by the standards of her time, is a real businesswoman, but, having arrived in Paris, due to social prejudices she is forced to hide it. A chance meeting in a restaurant with a poor artist, who turns out to be her old acquaintance, the son of an influential English count, with whom she was not unrequitedly in love ten years ago, tempts her to take revenge. But now it’s not about love, life has changed both heroes too much, turning them into cynics who suspect lies and self-interest in everything...