this romantic adventure must have seem shockingly subversive in it day . a wealthy upper class english woman scheme and plot and manipulate everyone around her for her own satisfaction . she use her privileged position to embark on secret activity of a decidedly anti social kind . there a clever sex role reversal a her activity prove her more daring and dash than most of the male character . but naturally there a tall and dark and handsome stranger to keep up the love interest and and this wicked lady be not backward in come forward when she meet the right man . the wishy washy weakness and gullibility of every other character make the plot unconvincing in the extreme and but those who thirst for romance will overlook that .