Movie Story : Julia Thistlewaite is dropped by London's most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm, after she fails to satisfy one item on his list of requirements for a wife. Humiliated, she sets out to get even by persuading her friend Selina Dalton to pose as the ideal candidate he is looking for. As Mr. Malcolm becomes increasingly smitten, he begins to suspect that the woman he has chosen may be nothing more than an elaborate deception.