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Celia Mitchell Finds Father Alive and Wealthy

Celia Mitchell, an 11 year old living in Baltimore, learns her supposed dead father John Mitchell is alive. She moves to New York to live with him and his aristocratic mother, meeting Evelyn Parsons and a social circle on Long Island. Tensions rise as Mitchell contemplates marriage to Evelyn, while Celia navigates loving attention from Barney Shields and risky romantic entanglements with Tod Jordan during weekend visits.