Brought to despair, the heir to a noble but impoverished family, Jeremy Ford, decides to take the high road in order to somehow improve his affairs. His sister Mariota, worried about her brother, is ready to help him. Their adventure ends in success, but the girl accidentally wounds an unfamiliar rider with a pistol shot. They bring the wounded man to the estate to care for him, and then they find out that it is the Earl of Buckingham himself...