Would-be politician Sir Hugo Boycott and his wife Madeleine have an unhappy marriage. Madeleine is aware that Hugo is a serial philanderer, and their problems are exacerbated when she fails to produce the heir he wants.
A lonely squire throws a New Year's party for villagers and discloses that he is a poor girl's uncle.
An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan.
