Randolph Scott is rejected by Diane, an attractive socialite half his age. He never forgives nor forgets the humiliation mooted in the tabloids. Years later, he gives a jobless old friend a lift to pick up his son, Alex, at the jailhouse. Dazzled by the youth's resemblance to her husband, the Greek scholar writes, "I have found my Zeus." The pastime of Zeus, the most seductive of all the Gods, was to transform himself into the likeness of others in order to seduce their wives or lovers. "Like Zeus," he adds, "my young Alex will seduce Diane and knock her off her pristine pedestal." He grooms his young Zeus and sends him to university. He meets Diane. The attraction is mutual. Wise old Aunt Madge (a.k.a. Dame Coverley) tries to stop him from making Diane and Alex his sacrificial lambs. Dame Coverley's large and sophisticated 95th birthday party ushers in startling revelations.