Since the Great War, some family fortunes have suffered, including those of the Renshaws. Despite being the granddaughter of an earl, Julia Renshaw is under pressure to marry for money -- and has settled for Gilbert Townsend, a viscount and a wealthy industrialist. He is decades older than Julia, and its clear to her sister Phoebe -- and to Eva, who has been like a surrogate mother to the girls -- that this is not a love match. Nevertheless, the wedding takes place -- and in a hurry.
