The Chaperon is a romantic tale set in London. When Mrs. Tramore strayed from her marriage to Charles Tramore, it had caused the most enormous scandal. Made worse by the fact that she had run off to the Mediterranean with her lover, only for him to die in a boating accident. And when she returned to London, she was now a pariah, with limited contact, even with her own children. But years later, her eldest daughter Rose Tramore is now a young woman with a suitor. And she now needs a chaperon, something her mother is keen to organize...