The Poor Relation hotel is the toast of London and its owners are preparing to sell up and retire but one last romantic adventure awaits themDriven into hiding at the hotel by a tyrannous father and a rich but wizened suitor Lady Jane Fremney attempts to end her life The poor relations save the young lady and determine to improve her lot in life by bringing her out for the SeasonAll the young bucks call on Jane among them the handsome but racy Comte de Mornay an exile from Napoleons France who has broken many a heart and so far eluded matrimony Jane is quite adamant he is unsuitable for her but when his life is threatened by an assassins pistol it is up to her to help him escape from danger and into lamour