A young couple meet and fall in love. There are warning signs of trouble ahead, but doesn’t love conquer all? That is what every couple hopes. They marry. On the outside, they look like a happy, respectable couple; the wife goes to church and the husband goes now and then. But in the home, there is violence and drunkenness. Longing for a better life, they leave Scotland and start again in South Africa. It’s an adventure! They must work hard to survive, for they have no family to support them. But the domestic violence continues and there is nowhere for her to run to. The husband loses his job because of alcoholism. His violence in uncontrolable. Her life is in danger. She can’t kick him out, can she? He will be homeless. What will she do?