AnEnglishman,LordWheatley,purchasesanislandoverwhichreignsthesupremelybeautifulPhroso,thusdisposessingherofherland.Revolted,theislanders,supportedbyanadventurerwhodesiresPhroso,riseagainstthenewmaster.TheEnglisharesavedbytheBritishgovernor,alsounderthespellofgorgeousPhroso.Thelatter,forherpart,isnotwhollyinsensitivetoLordWheatley'sdistinction.Theimbrogliostillworsenswiththemeddlingofadarkhorse:theneighboringsultan.