Romance of southern US and England. The owner of a decaying Virginia plantation finds and marries a beautiful and penniless girl, who leaves him when her titled English uncle claims her and offers to make her new-born son his heir. Her husband comes to England and takes his sons back with him in revenge. Several months later, after the death of her remarried uncle, the beauty returns penniless to Virginia and her husband ... Romance of competing values and status - USA Vs. England etc. (Brainfever on separation is a frequent device.) (PB)