Attempting to earn the love of his estranged son Arthur, Col. Gervaise has been hired as his manservant. Unaware of the Colonel’s true identity, Arthur, a reclusive and brooding artist, longs to be left alone to sculpt his latest work: a Psyche, which he keeps hidden from any visitors. When an unruly and desperate Scotsman comes to Arthur’s studio in search of his own estranged child, Mattie, Col. Gervaise is given an opportunity to not only reunite Arthur with his father, but Mattie with hers as well.