
Ethan Falkner, the Eldest Young Master of the Falkner family, has been in a vegetative state for three years. Old Master Falkner plans to have him marry the eldest daughter of the Gordon family for good luck. The Gordons find Vivian Gordon, a girl from the countryside, to marry in her place. They lie, claiming she became foolish after a fever. Ethan Falkner suddenly wakes up on the night of the substitute wedding.