Fiery Agnes Boyd and quiet, motherless Rachel Donaldson have been best friends since their Dundee schooldays.? Both girls are determined to escape from the poverty their families endure. ? Thwarted in her ambition to become a teacher, Rachel goes to work as a maid - in the Perthshire home of her mother's estranged family.? Soon she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the handsome village doctor, Peter McGregor.? Who seems to be beyond her reach ...