Barney Bray is a brilliant young engineer, but ill health forces him to give up his career and take up farming on a very modest scale. He is engaged to Constance. Sandra Carson is an independently minded girl who does not accept that she must marry into the kind of circles her father wishes. The family are very wealthy. One day, she calls at Barney's farm to explain why the housekeeper he is expecting will not be arriving. Barney mistakes her for the housekeeper and she goes along with it. Their subsequent love story is woven around the struggle to make the farm pay, but Sandra becomes increasingly worried about the eventual discovery of her true identity and wealth. The villagers meantime, are shocked to observe what is going on, but who cares? And how does Maud feature?