Lady Edwina Esketh yang suka berpetualang melakukan perjalanan ke negara bagian Ranchipur di India bersama suaminya, Lord Albert Esketh, yang ada di sana untuk membeli beberapa kuda Maharajah. Dia terkejut bertemu dengan seorang teman lama, Tom Ransome yang datang ke Ranchipur tujuh tahun sebelumnya untuk melukis potret Maharajah di moxia.cc dan tetap tinggal di sana. Ransome telah mengembangkan reputasi - untuk wanita

The adventurous Lady Edwina Esketh travels to the princely state of Ranchipur in India with her husband, Lord Albert Esketh, who is there to purchase some of the Maharajah's horses. She's surprised to meet an old friend, Tom Ransome who came to Ranchipur seven years before to moxia.cc paint the Maharajah's portrait and just stayed on. Ransome has developed something of a reputation - for womanizing and drinking too much - but that's OK with Edwina who is bored and looking for fun. She soon meets the local doctor, the hard working and serious Major Rama Safti. He doesn't immediately respond to her advances but when the seasonal rains come, disaster strikes when a dam fails, flooding much of the countryside. Disease soon sets in and everyone, including Ransome and Edwina, work at a non-stop pace to save as many as possible. Safti deeply admires Edwina's sacrifice but fate intervenes.