Karolina Angelina Melnikova is a carefree Russian Countess and Heinrich Con Tussle is the German Tutor hired to teach her etiquette. They Travel To Paris And Under The Stern Eyes Of Madam Martinique And The Guidance Of Herr Von Tussle, Karolina Blossoms Into A Cultured Woman But Something Else Blooms As Well, Her Attraction To Her Dashing Tutor. Karolina's Grandmother, The Dowager Countess Melnikova Visits and Begins To Grow Suspicious. She Arranges A Hasty Marriage Between Karolina And Wealthy Parisian Business Man, Henri De Matisse. Karolina Vanishes On The Day Of The Wedding And Flees To America With Heinrich But The Dowager Countess Would Never Return The Hefty Dowry, She Vows To Find Karolina And Drag Her Back To Paris.