Mark Robarts the new vicar of Framley, with ambitions to further his career, seeks connections in the county's high society. He agrees guarantee a substantial loan for a local member of parliament which brings him to the brink of ruin. Lord Lufton has proposed to Mark's sister Lucy, but his mother Lady Lufton is against the marriage, preferring that her son choose the coldly beautiful Griselda Grantly.
From the community