The once proud Georgiana Black offended the Earl of Buckenham right at the ball, which led to the breaking of their engagement. However, now, when everything seems to have been forgotten long ago, and the Count is happily engaged to her younger sister, the passion, once subdued, flares up with renewed vigor, and Georgiana enters into a scandalous relationship with Beckenham. Society is indignant. The lovers' reputation was ruined. The only way to her salvation is the count’s immediate marriage to the “dishonored” beauty. However, Georgiana does not at all strive for marriage until the count proves that he truly loves her...