"Pamela, where were you last night?"
"We ran out of gas," Pamela explained firmly.
"And you sat in the car all night? That's - obviously - impossible!" ejaculated Mrs. Broome.
"No. There was a sort of - shanty. We went there."
"Without a chaperon?"
"Mrs. Broome, what else could we do?" Pamela said desperately.

Pamela Raleigh, young, beautiful and headstrong, finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of malicious gossip and social ostracism as a result of an unfortunate but innocent mishap. In love with Chester Hilliard and certain that he loves her, she faces the town defiantly. But then Chester, to improve his position as an up and coming banker, becomes engaged to wealthy Rose Catherwood, and Pamela is once more thrown upon the mercies of an unforgiving community.

Here is a story so poignantly moving that you will not be able to help sympathizing with Pamela Raleigh's struggle for the right to happiness.