 After studying abroad for several years, a young doctor returns home to inherit ownership of a rural village. En route to the village he encounters a girl whose mother needs treatment. He secures lodgings in their house. A romance blossoms but the girl s impecunious gambler of a brother marries her off to King Sangram and the couple are parted. When the new Queen falls ill, the doctor is called and their lives are imperilled by the King s suspicious sister leading to a melodramatic denouement.