The young Scot Merry Stewart dreamed of marriage with the English aristocrat Alexander d'Omesbury as the only opportunity to escape from the wilderness of the Highlands, where she had to keep order in the dilapidated family castle and take care of a crowd of rude warriors. However, the meeting with her betrothed upset her until tears. The groom turned out to be as stern and discourteous as all the other men. So is it worth getting married at all? The girl is overcome by doubts. But Sir Alexander, who fell in love with Merry at first sight, is ready to do anything to get her as his wife...