When Dominic is suddenly disinherited by his brother, he realizes that the life ahead of him will be a difficult one. Though he is engaged to Jane, the love of his life, he decides that marriage to a man without prospects is unfair to her and urges her to jilt him. Young and in love, Jane refuses. Dom then hatches a desperate plan with her cousin for Jane to catch them in a scandalous act to to force her hand …