Madame Millois an ambitious mother thinks she has found the perfect match for her daughter Arlette Count de TremblayMatour Alas the ideal husband happens to be a crook On the night of the wedding the fake nobleman robs his wife and abandons her While the outraged Madame Millois looks for the real Count de Tremblay Arlette seeks consolation with Maxime a childhood friend At last the real count is found Unsurprisingly he is furious to learn that legally he is Arlettes husband After a while though he mellows and accepts to remain Arlettes husband