The miner's daughter, the young Irish beauty Abby Scottsdale, unknowingly becomes the object of the vicious passion of the owner of the copper mine, Ebenezer Mason. How to resist him if everyone around depends on this person? Left completely alone, without money and without support, Abby plucks up courage and decides to go to Mason's estate, because he promises to help her. Blue eucalyptus groves around the rich mansion, well-groomed lawns - everything around amazes with beauty and luxury. Exhausted by the heat, Abby drinks the glass of wine offered by Mason... and the world before her eyes fogs and floats away. From now on, everything in Abby Scottsdale's life will change. She will have to experience extreme poverty and wealth, face human deceit and find true love.