Charlotte Comyn is heiress to Windover, a handsome house on the Yorkshire cliffs, but her peace of mind and her health have been ruined by poisonous gossip about her mother. When a suitable young banker proposes marriage, she refuses him, panics and runs away. She takes refuge with Beth Prior, her mother's estranged friend in London. How is she to know that the famous actress is also the scandalous toast of the town?