When Millie's mother is incarcerated she is taken in by Aggie the rag woman and her helper Ben. The local pimp has his eyes on both Millie and her mother. Millie is sent to a convent school to keep her safe.
Millie, now grown up, goes to work for the Quintons as a nanny. She meets their lecherous neighbors, the Crane-Bolders. And starts to grow close to Mr. Thompson.
To her surprise, Millie's father turns up with bad intentions. Mr. Thompson proposes and furnishes a house for Millie much to Ben's disapproval and jealousy.
