Andrew, Lord Drake, ha sido desheredado por su padre, a causa de su forma de vida disoluta. Para volver a ganarse su favor, Andrew decide fingir que ha cambiado sus malos habitos. Como parte de su plan, quiere convencer a su padre de que esta cortejando a una mujer respetable, con la intencion de casarse con ella. El problema es que no conoce a ninguna mujer decente, excepto a la hermana solterona de su amigo, miss Caroline Hargreaves. Chantajea a la reacia Caroline para que lo ayude, y asi comienza la farsa. / Andrew, Lord Drake, has been cut out of his father's will because of his dissolute manner of living. To be reinstated, Andrew decides to pretend that he has changed his wicked ways. As part of his plan, he wants to convince his father that he is courting a respectable woman with the intention of marrying her. The problem is, he doesn't know any decent women, except for his friend's spinster sister, Miss Caroline Hargreaves. He blackmails the reluctant Caroline into helping him, and so the charade begins.