A famous barrister is ordered by his doctor to take a long and restful holiday. He goes to the Lake District and stays in a quiet country rectory as paying guest. He finds that he has stumbled on a domestic tragedy. The rector, weak-willed and irresponsible, is addicted to drink; his wife, still young and attractive, is bravely trying to conceal her tragedy from the world. Before long he finds that he has fallen in love with her. It is an extraordinarily dramatic situation—the famous advocate, who hundreds of times in the courts has held up to scorn the infidelity of others, now finds himself faced with his greatest problem.