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Helen, a tutor who is eager to get rid of her embarrassing life, applies to a marriage advertisement in a New Zealand church, and Givenilla, a nobleman who has to marry far away from New Zealand because of a ridiculous gamble, board a British passenger ship bound for the South Pacific at the same time. Two girls with very different backgrounds but fell in love with each other at first sight, set foot on the primitive and mysterious land of New Zealand together, and began their own different lives. After arriving in New Zealand, Helen, who pursued etiquette and cultivation and exuded a bookish air, discovered that the wealthy gentleman described in the marriage advertisement was actually a small farmer with a rough temper and a decadent family background. The fantasy of having her own happy family was shattered. After marriage, she devoted her body and mind to the education of the local indigenous Maori people; the beautiful and unruly Givenilla entered the manor of the white colonist and sheep tycoon Wharton as promised. Her husband, who was passionate about natural sciences and arts, was incompatible with the prominent farm life. Givenilla's fate had gone through ups and downs due to her husband's cowardly temperament and fatal physical defects.