 These include Vicomte Gilbert de Varèze (Ruggles), who owes Maurice a large amount of money for tailoring work; Gilbert's uncle the Duc d'Artelines (C. Aubrey Smith), the family patriarch; d'Artelines' man-hungry niece Valentine (Loy); and his other 22-year-old niece, Princesse Jeanette (MacDonald), who has been a widow for three years.D'Artelines has been unable to find Jeanette a new husband of suitable age and rank.The household also includes three aunts and an ineffectual suitor the Comte de Savignac (Butterworth).