A skull, known as the Damascus man, is stolen from a museum and Colonel March's life is imperiled trying to solve the case.
An actress runs down a hobo by accident, but a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
A girlhood friend of Marian's, Avice, now the wife of Prince John, calls on Marian to ask to enlist Robin's help: her husband is planning to divorce her so that he can marry Isabella, a French princess, thus getting the support of France. Robin's dilemma-can the woman be trusted?.