In which the industrious Massarenes, newly returned to England and eager to ascend the ranks of society, navigate the delicate and often inscrutable etiquettes of London’s high life with a mixture of hope and awkwardness. The narrative gently unfolds their past wrought with toil and triumph in America, the determined will of William Massarene, and the fostering influence of the captivating Lady Kenilworth as a gateway to refined circles.