 Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800 s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. Barbara s family is of the high society stratum, but her late grandmother was not in fact the connection with her is something Barbara s aunt is most anxious to conceal. When Barbara inherits a fortune from her grandmother s side of the family, she uses it to try and win back Mark.