When Grace Allingham, a naive young Englishwoman, goes to live in France with her dashing husband she finds herself overwhelmed by her husband's French notion of marriage--which includes a permanent mistress--that sends her back to London with their son, Sigismond, in tow. While others urge the coup...

When Grace Allingham, a naive young Englishwoman, goes to live in France with her dashing husband she finds herself overwhelmed by her husband's French notion of marriage--which includes a permanent mistress--that sends her back to London with their son, Sigismond, in tow. While others urge the couple to reconcile, little Sigi applies all his juvenile cunning to keep his parents apart.