Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get the money by practicing a bit of genteel blackmail on an aging marquis who has romantic designs on the heroine.
Miquette Grandier
Monchablon
Le marquis de la Tour-Mirande
Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
Madame Grandier
Lahirel
Mademoiselle Émilienne
Madame Mercadier