Sir Robert
Chilter
n is a succ
essful Gover
nment minister,
well-off
and with a lovi
ng wife. All
this is t
hreaten
ed when M
rs Cheveley app
ears in Londo
n with damning
evidence of a
past misdeed. S
ir Robert
turns for hel
p to his fri
end Lord Goring
, an a
pparently idl
e philander
er and the
despair of
his father. Gor
ing knows th
e lady of old,
and, for hi
m, takes the
whole thing
pretty
se...！