Determined for a better future, Ellen, a kitchen maid, takes every opportunity to further herself and is promoted to lady's maid. But the advancement in her status attracts declarations of love from three very different men: John, the master's son; Charlie, a farmer's lad; and Leslie, her mistress's fiance. Jealousy and betrayal plague her life once more and grasping hold of a better tomorrow is a dream that is beginning to slip away.
