
July 24, 1892

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

Days before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.

A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.