Tasked with finding a rich husband to restore the family's ailing fortunes, raven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, is dispatched under the wing of the disreputable old Lady Godolphin. But her London debut is marred by her habit of speaking her mind. The eligible Lord Sylvester Comfrey decides to give her lessons in the gentle art of attracting the opposite sex but his expert teaching result in some surprising consequences.