Sara and Marie dreams of a life of physical beauty, spiritual greatness, pride, success, and wreath, in a typical adolescent rebellion, Marie sneaks away from her parents' house to a friend's party, where she meets John Baker.
The rude awakening of the young lecturer who imagines that his most beautiful student has taken an interest in him; the bullying sergeant-major who gets his come-uppance in an unexpected way; the woman whose life is ruined by a single lapse ...