When Colonel Robert Sinclair and his friend Major Simon Dudley arrive unannounced, Annabel Bentley is greatly displeased. She and her mother, Lady Sophia, have been hiding from her stepfather, Sir Randolph Rushton, for years, but Rushton is well-known to the colonel. It is only a matter of time before their whereabouts are revealed and Rushton arrives to snatch them backunless the two gentlemen from London prove to be more than chance acquaintances.