When the general manager of the factory, Lumiala (Sven Relander) returns from his travels, he learns that his wife Anna (Helmi Lindelöf) has hired a young man named Oras (Ilmari Unho) as an office assistant. Anna, who feels Oras is the fruit of his youthful sin, is ready to defend the boy despite his family's petitions and Ora's crimes. Ora's girlfriend Pansy (Birgit Hästesko) also tries to keep him on the right track. Based on a play of the same name by Selma Anttila.