From rags to riches. . . With the Armistice only a few months past, times are hard for 18-year-old Geraldine Glover. A machinist at Rubins clothing factory in the East End, she dreams of a more glamorous life. When she meets Tony Hanford, the young and handsome proprietor of a small jewelers' shop in Bond Street, Geraldine is propelled into a new world—but it comes at a heavy price.