Ruth Plant tells of her youth in a country vicarage early in this century, a story she began in her earlier book Nanny And I. Together with the occasional dip back into childhood memories of a nursery kingdom where Nanny reigned supreme, she ventures forth into a world of schooldays and visits to relatives. She travels to Oberammergau, and sees Hitler on a visit there. On the threshold of life the future seems bright and war far away.