Well, more of a hoax actually. Because when Vashti Beaufils,
a beautiful French emigree, learned she had inherited her
cousin Marmaduke's gothic mansion in England, she knew there
must be some mistake. She had never even met Marmaduke.
She accepted anyway, only to find that her notorious cousin
Valerie, who was very free with her favors, had impersonated
her and had an affair with Marmaduke.
Vashti discovered that the mansion was really a gambling
establishment -- and that the handsome Lord Stirling, one of
Valerie's old beaux, thought she was up to no good....