As a young man, Rollo was kept from his true love, Lark, by the spiteful scheming of his older sister. Years later, he's pleased to see his niece and Lark's nephew falling in love amidst the uncertainty of wartime.

Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and the subsequent romance between her and Lark's nephew causes him to re-evaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple don't make the same mistake he did all those years ago.—Mark Harding <[email protected]>

The widowed patriarch of the Dane family adopts a young girl named Lark, whose parents have been killed in a train wreck. This upsets his biological children - Selina, the eldest, and two boys, Roland and Pelham. As the years go by, however, the boys find they like their new "sister" and, as they grow older, they each find themselves in love with the high-spirited, but somewhat manipulative, girl. But each attention and accolade that Lark receives only enflames the jealousy of Selina, who feels Lark is nothing but a parasite, who has usurped Selina's rightful role of both daughter and sister and eventually, matriarch.—Alfred Jingle