Audra is a maiden of seventeen years old who lives happily with her family until catastrophe befalls them. Will she ever be happy again? Will she ever find anyone to love her for her, and not her money? Could it be that handsome, rich Harel - for he needs not her money, he has his own? But what about Emeric, the young former captain who is now working in his shop? Is he really just after her money, or could their be more to attentions?