Description
France, mid-19th century. Church bells ring the alarm, a monastery is on fire. In the chaos that ensues, a random rider catches sight of a girl in the first-floor window. The fire has cut off her escape, and without hesitation, she jumps into the offered arms. She doesn't even know the face of her rescuer. However, he takes away a locket. Two years later. At the Mornay castle, two stepbrothers live. The heir to the title and estate, the aristocratic and refined Raul, and Filip, a rude, unsociable man with a bad reputation. It is here, at the castle ball, that Mrs. Collier brings her daughter Charlotte, a shy and inexperienced convent ward, to 'make a match,' as their financial situation has become unsustainable after her husband's death.