John Traverton goes to visit his uncle Jasper. Jasper wishes John to marry his adopted daughter, Laura. If he does so within one calendar year, he will inherit everything. Sounds simple? Guess again. To say "complications" and "obstacles" are put in the way would be a gross understatement. - Summary by Mark Leder
Chapters
1 Chapter One, "The Heir Presumptive" 37 min 2 Chapter Two, "Jasper Treverton's Will" 17 min 3 Chapter Three, "A Mysterious Visitor" 26 min 4 Chapter Four, "La Chicot" 36 min 5 Chapter Five, "A Disappointed Lover" 17 min 6 Chapter Six, "La Chicot Has Her Own Way" 29 min 7 Chapter Seven, Part One: "A Little While Such Lips as Thine to Kiss" 24 min 8 Chapter Seven, Part 2, "A Little While Such Lips as Thine to Kiss" 25 min 9 Chapter Eight, "'Days That Are Over, Dreams That Are Done:" 32 min 10 Chapter Nine, "'And Art Thou Done! And Art Thou True!'" 25 min 11 Chapter Ten, "Engaged" 25 min 12 Chapter Eleven, "No Trousseau" 15 min 13 Chapter Twelve, "An Ill-Omened Wedding" 32 min 14 Chapter Thirteen, "The Settlement" 10 min 15 Chapter Fourteen, "'You Have But to Say the Word'" 17 min 16 Chapter Fifteen, "Edward Clare Discovers a Likeness" 24 min 17 Chapter Sixteen, "Shall It Be 'Yes' or 'No'?" 19 min 18 Chapter Seventeen, "Murder" 18 min 19 Chapter Eighteen, "What the Diamonds Were Worth" 28 min 20 Chapter Nineteen, "'To a Deep Lawny Dell They Came'" 23 min 21 Chapter Twenty, "The Church Near Camelot" 19 min 22 Chjapter Twenty-one, "Halcyon Days" 14 min 23 Chapter Twenty-two, "A Village Iago" 26 min 24 Chapter Twenty-three, "In the Meanwhile the Skies'Gan Rumble Soar" 16 min 25 Chapter Twenty-four, "And Purple Light Shone Over All'" 12 min 26 Chapter Twenty-five, "The Children's Party" 11 min 27 Chapter Twenty-six, Part One, "A Disinterested Parent" 23 min 28 Chapter Twenty-six, Part Two, "A Disinterested Parent" 24 min 29 Chapter Twenty-seven, "Desrolles Is Not Communicative" 16 min 30 Chapter Twenty-eight, "Edward Clare Goes on a Voyage of Discovery" 32 min 31 Chapter Twenty-nine, "George Gerard" 16 min 32 Chapter Thirty, "Thou Art the Man" 24 min 33 Chapter Thirty-one, "Why Don't You Trust Me?'" 15 min 34 Chapter Thirty-two, "On His Defence" 28 min 35 Chapter Thirty-three, "At the Morgue" 14 min 36 Chapter Thirty-four, "George Gerard in Danger" 24 min 37 Chapter Thirty-five, "On a Voyage of Discovery" 17 min 38 Chapter Thirty-six, "Kergariou's Wife" 19 min 39 Chapter Thirty-seven, "The Tenant from Beachampton" 17 min 40 Chapter Thirty-eight, Part One, "Celia's Lovers" 22 min 41 Chjapter Thirty-eight, Part Two, "Celia's Lovers" 25 min 42 Chapter Thirty-nine, "On Suspicion" 18 min 43 Chapter Forty, "Mr. Leopold Asks Irrelevant Questions" 13 min 44 Chapter Forty-one, Part One, "Mrs. Evitt Makes a Revelation" 22 min 45 Chapter Forty-one, Part Two, "Mrs. Evitt Makes a Revelation" 19 min 46 Chapter Forty-two, "The Undertaker's Evidence" 20 min 47 Chapter Forty-three, "An Old Lady's Diary" 18 min 48 Chapter Forty-four, "Three Witnesses" 9 min 49 Chapter Forty-five, "The Hunt for Desrolles" 26 min 50 Epilogue 9 min
