Orphan Ruby knows no other life than the Foundling Hospital where she was brought up. Sent to work as a kitchen maid for the wealthy Preston family her life hardly seems to have changed until she meets handsome policeman Jeremiah (Jerry) Locker. During their brief meetings love blossoms until Ruby is assaulted by Oliver Preston, the son of the house, and finds herself pregnant.

Despite her hopes and dreams she realizes there can be no future for her with Jerry. It seems things cannot get worse for her. But then she is accused of involvement in the spate of burglaries carried out on the big houses in the square where she lives. Can Jerry prove her innocence and can Ruby overcome the stigma of an illegitimate pregnancy?