Pearl has been forbidden to speak by her aunt, to young men. Unknown to the aunt, Pearl has met and fallen in love with Charlie. Willie De Vere visits the old aunt, Samantha, with a letter of introduction, and he is immediately spotted and labeled as a victim to adorn her own hearth-stone. Willie meets Pearl and falls in love with her. He also meets Charlie, and in order to escape the advances of the old aunt, hires Charlie to make love to her. Charlie, with the prospects of gaining access to the house, takes the job and later informs Pearl of what he has done. Together they hatch a scheme. A letter is written by Pearl to Willie telling him that she can no longer keep the secret of his love for her aunt a secret. This letter, falling into the hands of the aunt, as it was intended, causes her to accept Charlie as Pearl’s fiancé. Willie, when he arrives to pay respects to Pearl, is showered with caresses from the aunt, but in the end she is left to herself and Charlie and Pearl are married.