A scheme unfolds as the Comte de Gonzague plots against his cousin, the Duc de Nevers, keeping the Duke's bastard child a secret. The Duke journeys to wed the mother, a baron's daughter, but their lives are brutally cut short by the Count and his men. Only the Duke's friend, Lagardère, and the infant, a girl, escape, but the Count believes them to be dead. Twenty years later, Lagardère seeks revenge, disguising himself as a hunchback to gain the Count's trust and become his bookkeeper.
On Guard
A treacherous nobleman conceals the existence of his cousin's out-of-wedlock offspring, scheming to thwart the rightful heir's claim to the dukedom.
