Kitty Clegg has always accepted the hard work of her job as a kitchen maid at the manor farm. But now, at 16, she seizes the chance to become a ladys maid. Handsome Jack Thorndyke has held Kittys adoring gaze more than once. He finally asks her to be his chosen Harvest Nell when the last of the golden Lincolnshire corn is cut. Kitty fails to heed the warnings that Jack is far from the marrying kind. Will Kittys dreams be scattered like Chaff upon the wind?