<p>The Duke of Rockcliffe returns home to England from the British Army of Occupation which after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 is located at Cambrai.<br>He had left England seven years ago when he was merely a young Lieutenant who intended to spend his life in the Army.<br>Owing to the death of several Heir Presumptives to the Dukedom, he finds himself unexpectedly and to his great surprise the new Duke.<br>He also discovers that he has a Ward ...