Sylvia's Lovers

It is the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson's lover, Charley, is carried off by a press-gang, but writes to her, promising constancy. Unfortunately, the letter is entrusted to Sylvia's cousin, Philip, who keeps it from her in order to marry her himself. Years later Charley returns, and Philip's treachery is discovered, with disastrous consequences.