Lady Ivy Sinclair is in despair: either she will get married within a month, or her father will deprive her of her inheritance and close the doors of his house to her forever! And it is at this moment that Viscount Tinsdale, marriage with whom promises wealth, continuous balls and entertainment, betrays her. To arouse jealousy in an unfaithful admirer, Ivy appears in society with the brilliant Marquis Counterton, a hired actor. It would seem that the net is set! But who will get into them?..