There's more to work than life.

In the mid-1800's, the wealthy Sloper family - widowed surgeon Dr. Austin Sloper, his adult daughter Catherine Sloper (Dr. Sloper's only surviving child), and Dr. Sloper's recently widowed sister ...

In order to return the heiress to her native lands, three heroes are sent in a hurry, and, of course, the main court horse, Julius.