William O'Neill

A young girl falls in love with a count, despite her father's disapproval.

Nancy Croyden, born of British nobility, languishes in the slums of New York after she elopes with Terrence Flynn, a groom on her father's estate. Nancy dies there, leaving behind a daughter, Susan Flynn, who grows to adulthood in the Bowery. In search of her family, Susan returns to England where she befriends Sir Bevis Neville, an English peer in disguise.

A confirmed bachelor falls in love with the young woman whom he had pawned off on his aunt when she was first put into his custody.

An uninhibited young woman is brought up by a reclusive eccentric.