In which a sudden and violent encounter with a furious bull in the noble chase brings young Lucy Ashton and her father to the brink of peril, only to be miraculously saved by a mysterious and austere stranger, the Master of Ravenswood. This unexpected deliverance kindles within Lucy a tender curiosity and admiration, while her father contemplates with cautious diplomacy the delicate matters entwined with the proud and brooding youth who has entered their lives.