Having buried her unloved old husband, Lady Eliza Somerset comes into possession of a rich inheritance. Now, for the first time in her life, Eliza can control her own future! However, the will contains a clause: the widow must not tarnish the good name of the Somerset family. Tired of family pressure, she goes with her cousin Margaret to the waters of Bath. They are going to behave absolutely decently, since the heart of one has already belonged to the loved one from whom she was separated for ten years, and the other prefers to spend time in museums and libraries. But in the struggle for the inheritance, insidious relatives on the side of the deceased begin to plot intrigues in order to compromise the young widow...