Escaping a marriage she doesn't want, Kitty Harston runs away to find her brother in France, quite regardless of the unrest there. Jack, Viscount Chiltern, is always around, and when she seems him on the boat crossing the Channel, she is convinced he intends to return her to England. It really is coincidence, but he can't leave her to fend for herself. They pretend to be husband and wife, though he knows that travelling together means, to avoid scandal, they must marry ... for real.