Severna, a poor scholarship student at a noble university, accidentally awakens the ability to hear antiques speak. She discovers she is the real Thornton heiress, swapped at birth by a nanny, while her tormentor Ivy is the nanny's daughter. Facing Ivy's schemes and her family's favoritism, she is protected by grandfather Arthur and guarded by Lucas, head of the Voss family. At the recognition banquet, she exposes Ivy's crimes. Ivy is punished by law. Severna becomes a renowned antiquities appraiser, sets up a scholarship fund, accepts Lucas's proposal, and finds her happy ending.
