Miss Sylvia Parnell, a beautiful heiress, leaves Bath and the academy for young gentlewomen for Regency London.There she resides under the guardisnship of her aunt, Lady Rowena.Sylvia's innocence and wilfulness presents an irresistable challenge to the worldly Rowena. Correction and punishment are routine in this unconventional hosehold, until Sylvia flees, stumbling naively from one frightened adventure to another.