After the death of her parents, Sarah was left alone and had to move in with her uncle, whom she saw for the first time only at her father's funeral. Life in a miser's house is not easy: old worn-out dresses, bone-piercing cold, savings bordering on madness... The girl's only joy was communicating with her new friend - the lively and cheerful Bobbie. But this same friendship brought Sarah heartache: the girl passionately fell in love with her friend’s brother, the brilliant Arthur Weverton, the subject of the secret dreams of all the young ladies in the area. Will the young man respond to her feelings?..