1880s, New York. Élisabeth and Madeleine D'Amour are fresh to New York thanks to their railroad tycoon father. Élisabeth yearns to return to France because there is nothing exciting about New York. Nothing. Her sister Madeleine is excited, this is a new chapter in her life and she's going to enjoy it. The thing is about the D'Amours is that they are New money. New York is only for the old.