As the St. Clair family prepare for the wedding of their daughter,
Clarice, at the great country house of Montmichel, trouble is brewing.
Their younger daughter, Helene, became friends with orphaned Annette
during the terrible events of the 1871 siege of Paris. Now they are
reunited, with Annette working below stairs for Helene's parents. But
Annette is hiding a dangerous secret, which Helene has promised to keep
at all costs. Meanwhile, Helene herself has begun to fall in love with a
young nobleman from England, whose family has plans which do not include
their son choosing a French wife.