Marquis Falcon enjoyed a cheerful bachelor life for many years - until he got stuck in absolutely fantastic debts. The only way out of the sad situation was a “profitable” marriage to Mirabelle, the daughter of the wealthy Earl of Warnborough, like Croesus. However, the crafty Fate played a joke on the inept dowry hunter - and as a result of a cheerful “comedy of errors”, he got not the fragile Mirabelle as his wife, but her very decisive younger sister Elmina - a girl who may not have a gigantic dowry, but is capable of bringing a marquise into life and unexpected acuity of sensations, and the happiness of real, sparkling, bright love!..