Mr. Aimwell and Mr. Archer are two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their stratagem is to marry for money. Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs. Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.