Armant du Mont, a wealthy landowner in Nantes, confronts his troubled past when a young man seeks work on his estate. Despite initial tensions, the young man's hard work and a budding romance force Du Mont to confront his own history.

Koos van der Merwe disguises himself as Captain James van der Merwe to be with the daughter of a millionaire, but unbeknownst to Koos, James' twin brother is also about to arrive and confusion is bound to reach climax.