This time, Viscount Luke Clarendon completely infuriated his grandfather, Earl of Hartington. The young man seduced a married lady, the beautiful Adriana. In vain Luke denied his guilt; the angry count declared that he would deprive his grandson of his inheritance if he did not soon marry a girl from a decent family. Luke had no intention of getting married; no woman had ever excited him so much that he wanted to take her to the altar. In extraordinary circumstances, he met Roxanne, an actress of a traveling theater. Luke admires the girl: beautiful, with noble manners, excellent speech, proud and brave - an actress?! The Viscount is sure that there is some kind of secret hidden here...