Prisioner in Paris

After visiting the lovely Countess of Helston as her husband is away, Lord Lanwood did not arrive home until the early hours of the morning.
And after sleeping later than usual the following morning, he is ready to go riding when his valet tells him that a strange man was waiting downstairs to see him urgently.
Pierre, a rough-looking, rough-speaking Frenchman gave him a letter from his nephew Charl...