

Orphaned Rowena arrives in Norfolk to stay with her Aunt Miriam. Miriam is shocked when Rowena rescues a seal pup after a hunter kills its mother.

Naturalist Dr. Bernard Lacey stays at the cottage while studying geese on the marsh. Rowena takes a liking to him and - secretly - so does Miriam.

Miriam is caught off guard when Bernard asks if his fiancee Sylvia can stay with them.