 His Lordship explains that, ashamed of his selfish life to date, he faked his relocation to Africa, and has since spent his time helping people like the St. Vincents, whose lives have been reduced to something akin to begging.Over the past few months, he has fallen in love with Mrs St. Vincent, and now proposes marriage to the delighted lady.George Rowland is a mildly dissolute young man who is dependent on his rich uncle for both his keep and his job at the family's city firm.