Старший трубач полка

1804 god. Velikobritaniya gotovitsya otrazit vtorzhenie frantsuzskikh voysk. Pribrezhnye kurortnye gorodki prevrashchayutsya v voennye lagerya, boevye korabli smenili u prichalov mirnye progulochnye yakhty.A prostye obyvateli prodolzhayut zhit kak zhili i zazhitochnaya vdova Marta Garlend ne yavlyaetsya isklyucheniem. Bolshe vsego ona ozabochena brakom docheri pervoy mestnoy krasavitsy Enn, na ruku i serdtse kotoroy pretenduyut srazu troe poklonnikov: oba syna soseda starshiy trubach polka, sereznyy i sderzhannyy Dzhon Lavdey, i ego mladshiy brat, veselyy i obshchitelnyy moryak Bob, i napyshchennyy, trusovatyy i fatovatyy dvoryanin Festus Derriman. Odnako gordaya Enn poka medlit otdat predpochtenie komu-to iz vlyublennoy troitsy...