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The story follows Daniel Voorhees Pike, an unassuming lawyer from Kokomo, Indiana, who travels to Europe to help his young ward, Ethel Granger-Simpson, navigate a complex situation involving her engagement to an English aristocrat. Ethel, captivated by the allure of European nobility, is engaged to marry the suave but morally dubious Lord Hawcastle. Pike, a straightforward and shrewd Midwesterner, uncovers the mercenary motives of the nobleman and his family, who are more interested in Ethel’s wealth than her well-being.Through wit and humor, the play contrasts the simplicity and honesty of Pike's American values with the decadence and pretense of the European aristocracy. Pike's homespun wisdom and unyielding principles ultimately prevail, as he protects Ethel from the duplicitous schemes of her fiancé's family and helps her rediscover the true meaning of love and self-respect.