When a minister's daughter rebels against her father's uncharacteristic demand that she accepts a marriage proposal from a stuffy, egotistical theology student, he uses deception and manipulation to gain her obedience. Meanwhile, a hired carpenter, the man she loves, finds an old diary in the ruins of a wall he's razed and discovers a shocking family scandal. If he keeps its secrets, he'll lose her to another; if he reveals the contents, it could...