When Livvy's father loses his job in the Highlands and she and her parents have to go to Glasgow in search of work, leaving her two brothers behind, there's a lot to get used to. Then Livvy makes it worse by getting into a difficult situation which ends up with a pregnancy. To avoid a scandal her mother pretends it is she who is expecting and Livvy is sent back to her brothers to give birth in secret. The baby is brought back to Glasgow and Livvy's reputation is unsullied...