Beautiful immature widow Lady Susan Vernon visit to the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colorful rumor about her dalliance go around through polite society. Whilst ensconce at that place, she decide to procure a hubby for herself and a hereafter for her eligible but loath girl, Frederica. In make so she attract the coincident attention of the immature, fine-looking Reginald DeCourcy, the rich and cockamamie Sir James IV St. Martin and the divinely fine-looking, but marry, Godhead Manwaring, complicate matter badly.