An innocent Afrikaans farm girl goes to the city and gets herself pregnant out of wedlock.

Debbie falls pregnant by medical student Paul but his family rules out any possibility of him marrying the love of his life, which her farmer father wants. Instead, Debbie puts up their baby daughter for adoption and Paul goes overseas to further his studies. When Paul returns to assume a senior post at one of the country’s leading medical institutions, he contacts Debbie but she declines his invitation to rekindle their friendship. However, they are drawn together again when their child is brought to Paul’s hospital for neurological examination after a fall and so this poignant drama unfolds.