Mellie Smithson is trapped in the country with no suitors
and no
prospects on the horizon except, perhaps, the
exasperating—although
admittedly handsome—guest of her father. She's looking for
any excuse
to go to London to meet more eligible men.
Trevor has a problem
Trevor Anaedsley's grandfather has cut off his funds until
such time as
he gets engaged. Trevor escapes to the country—ostensibly to
visit his
old tutor Mr. Smithson but actually to duck his
creditors—where he
meets Smithson's lovely daughter Mellie. The obvious
solution is
suddenly before him—but the lady has ideas of her own, and
Trevor's
going to have to measure up...