A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years post World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty has been.

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her her father's land caused his death years earlier.

"Love. Commitment. Responsibility. There's nothing he can't run away from." Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.