Lady Audley's Secret

Wealthy estate owner Sir Michael Audley willingly marries a gold-digger, his only daughter Alicia's governess Lucy née Gray. Sir Michael's dashing, in-living orphaned nephew Robert 'Bob' returns from an Australian gold rush adventure with his new best friend George Talboys, a young father who finds his wife died in their absence. Robert is instantly attracted to Lucy, who buries her past with George by leaving him drowning in a well. Maid Phoebe's boyfriend finds out Lucy's secret and blackmails her. Later, Robert comes on the trail of the truth, while accepting to marry Alicia, as Michael seems infertile. But after Robert tells Michael, the consequences and the extent of deception exceed their imagination.