[1] Judith Taverner is a beautiful young heiress who comes to London to join high society.

She takes an instant dislike to her unwilling guardian, Julian, fifth Earl of Worth, who, having met her earlier in a small town filled with bucks watching a boxing match, treats her with a familiarity reserved for loose women.

Judith has a younger brother named Peregrine (Perry) who is a young handsome boy with very little sense and a lot of money to spare.

Perry and Judith's cousin Bernard Taverner seems always so kind and attentive, though there is little love lost between him and Worth.

In the end, after Worth provokes Taverner into acting, the truth comes out and Bernard is shown to be the guilty one.