La cambiale di matrimonio

About the show

English merchant Tobias Mill arranges a marriage contract between his daughter Fanny and Canadian businessman Slook. Fanny is secretly in love with the poor Edoardo, and she rejects Slook when he arrives. Edoardo joins her in threatening Slook, who retreats. Learning that Fanny is already in love and that Mill is treating the marriage like a business deal, Slook refuses to go through with the contract. Mill challenges him to a duel. Slook discovers Fanny and Edoardo embracing, hears their situation and promises to make Edoardo his heir so they can marry. Before the duel, Slook secretly replaces Mill’s pistol with a peace pipe. With the household pleading for an end to Mill’s financial pretensions, Slook persuades him to consent to the marriage.