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Among English officers and diplomats, the theft of an official dispatch entangles a marriage in suspicion and espionage. The husband’s brother takes a central role in uncovering the intrigue, while the Russian spy Countess Zicka becomes a more sympathetic figure as the deception is exposed.
In Elizabethan London, Doris Shelton helps fugitive Sir Philip Carey escape after he is accused of plotting against the Queen. Her fiancé Martin becomes jealous when Philip poses as an apprentice, but later takes Philip’s place in custody. The Queen eventually pardons the prisoners, and Doris and Martin are reunited.
Dorothy Bantam and her cousin Lydia disguise themselves as village girls and meet debt-ridden Geoffrey Wilder and his friend Sherwood. The men fall in love with the disguised women, then mistake them for their true identities at a house party and briefly become enamored of each other’s companions. Dorothy and Lydia test their fidelity, and the couples reconcile and marry after Squire Bantam agrees to forgive Wilder’s debts.
At a zoo, apothecary Æsculapius Carboy fears he has accidentally poisoned his beloved Lætitia, while snack seller Eliza’s admirer Thomas eats all her wares to prove his devotion. Thomas is revealed as the Duke of Islington in disguise, and Carboy discovers Lætitia is unharmed. After Thomas settles her father’s objections, both couples are united.
Among English officers and diplomats, the theft of an official dispatch entangles a marriage in suspicion and espionage. The husband’s brother takes a central role in uncovering the intrigue, while the Russian spy Countess Zicka becomes a more sympathetic figure as the deception is exposed.
In Elizabethan London, Doris Shelton helps fugitive Sir Philip Carey escape after he is accused of plotting against the Queen. Her fiancé Martin becomes jealous when Philip poses as an apprentice, but later takes Philip’s place in custody. The Queen eventually pardons the prisoners, and Doris and Martin are reunited.
Dorothy Bantam and her cousin Lydia disguise themselves as village girls and meet debt-ridden Geoffrey Wilder and his friend Sherwood. The men fall in love with the disguised women, then mistake them for their true identities at a house party and briefly become enamored of each other’s companions. Dorothy and Lydia test their fidelity, and the couples reconcile and marry after Squire Bantam agrees to forgive Wilder’s debts.
At a zoo, apothecary Æsculapius Carboy fears he has accidentally poisoned his beloved Lætitia, while snack seller Eliza’s admirer Thomas eats all her wares to prove his devotion. Thomas is revealed as the Duke of Islington in disguise, and Carboy discovers Lætitia is unharmed. After Thomas settles her father’s objections, both couples are united.