Hannah Chesterfield, the daughter of rich and noble parents, is smart and pretty. Her whole life is planned minute by minute by her mother, who knows exactly what is appropriate for a young lady. Hannah obediently followed the instructions, but one day she forgot about the rules of decent behavior, because a noble nobleman behaved like the last scoundrel, and a rootless lieutenant came to her defense. And also because when she sees the titled groom, she feels nothing but hostility, and the simple lieutenant Michael Thorpe makes her heart tremble with happiness. Their union is impossible, there is an abyss between them. But the young lady is so in love that she commits one reckless act after another...