Seventeen-year-old Baroness Jenny Easdale is preparing to become the wife of a rich and noble laird, but before sacrificing herself to the interests of the family, she wants to experience a little adventure and runs away from home with a troupe of traveling actors. Spend the night in inns, breathe free air, listen applause, not obeying anyone - what could be more exciting for a young girl? But Jenny’s “little adventure” is not at all to the liking of the stern and courageous Sir Hugh Douglas, the brother of her fiancé, who is determined to bring the frivolous bride home. He is going to intimidate the fugitive - and suddenly falls passionately in love with her...