Summary
An unconventional heiress, <span style="color: #EAB308;">Mary Hamilton</span>, driven by a profound aversion to the superficiality of aristocratic fortune hunters and an innate communion with nature, orchestrates a dramatic departure from her privileged existence. Accompanied by her loyal secretary, <span style="color: #0E7490;">Peggy Ingledew</span>, she immerses herself within the itinerant world of a Romani encampment. This deliberate embrace of a simpler, unburdened life quickly intertwines with the machinations of her former world when <span style="color: #C2410C;">Sir Kenneth Graham</span>, one of her persistent, titled admirers, infiltrates the sylvan community, disguised as a fellow wanderer, in a misguided attempt to reclaim her affections. The rustic idyll, however, is abruptly shattered by <span style="color: #EAB308;">Jack Hutton</span>, a landowner determined to purge his woodlands of the Romani presence, leading to <span style="color: #C2410C;">Sir Kenneth</span>'s unjust incarceration. <span style="color: #EAB308;">Jack</span>'s subsequent confrontation with <span style="color: #EAB308;">Mary</span>, initially fueled by his eviction agenda, undergoes an immediate, profound metamorphosis upon witnessing her ethereal beauty bathed in the glow of a moonlit pond. This serendipitous encounter ignites a mutual, undeniable infatuation. Following a shared meal, a nefarious act of banditry leaves <span style="color: #EAB308;">Mary</span> bound and vulnerable. <span style="color: #EAB308;">Jack</span>'s chivalrous intervention is met with brutal resistance, leaving him incapacitated. Fortuitously, <span style="color: #C2410C;">Sir Kenneth</span>, now liberated, arrives with <span style="color: #0E7490;">Peggy</span>, and together they free <span style="color: #EAB308;">Mary</span> before embarking on their own journey toward matrimony. As <span style="color: #EAB308;">Mary</span> diligently nurses <span style="color: #EAB308;">Jack</span> back to health, the layers of societal pretense are shed, her true identity is unveiled, and their burgeoning romance culminates in a pledge of enduring commitment, cementing a union forged not by status, but by genuine connection amidst the wild embrace of nature.
Synopsis
Acting on her love of nature and loathing of titled fortune hunters, heiress Mary Hamilton leaves home with her secretary, Peggy Ingledew, to join a band of roving gypsies. One of Mary's suitors, Sir Kenneth Graham, follows the two young women into the woods, dressed in gypsy garb, but when Jack Hutton decides to rid his forested land of gypsies, Sir Kenneth is thrown into jail. Jack then enters Mary's camp intent upon evicting her, too, but when he catches sight of her swimming in a moonlit pond, he immediately falls in love with her. Similarly smitten, Mary invites Jack to dine with her, but, after he leaves, a group of gypsies rob her wagon and tie her to a tree. Jack tries to rescue her but is beaten into unconsciousness just as Sir Kenneth, finally released from jail, arrives with Peggy. After the two "gypsies" untie Mary, they leave to be married, and the roving heiress, having nursed Jack back to health, reveals her true identity and agrees to marry him.
