It portrays the relationship between Thelma, a Norwegian woman, and the Englishman Sir Phillip Errington.

[1] Sir Philip Bruce-Errington (30) meets the beautiful, honest Thelma Guldmar (19) in Norway.

Aided by his friend Lorimer (26), Philip and Thelma confess their love and marry with her father Olaf's blessing.

The antagonists here are the lustful Reverend Dyceworthy and Lovisa Elsland, an old lady who once loved Thelma's father.

Lady Winsleigh and the lustful Sir Francis Lennox convince Thelma that Philip loves the actress Violet Vere.