Mrs Dartry is in trouble. The respectable widow had a secret: the charming Captain Pepper is her lover. If the residents of Dimpleton find out, she will be an outcast. Her lover’s brother, the Duke of Dimpleton, disapproves of their arrangement. He fears his brother is leading the widow astray, and he is intent on putting a stop to it.
Sparks fly when the duke visits her, and he is determined to steal the voluptuous widow from his brother and make her his.