The story about actors who will never agree to betray their theatre, even if they will have to burn themselves. And other instructions on how to behave if a whiskered man breaks into your house and wants you to leave it.

薛德里和母亲一起住在纽约一条僻静的小街上，过着平静安宁的生活。突然有一天，一名不速之客打破了这平静。薛德里被告知要到遥远的英国去继承一个古老的爵位，而现任伯爵是一个自私而冷酷的人。随着时间的推移，老伯爵冰冷的心被天真可爱的薛德里感化，但更大的危机却又出现在他的面前……