Ernie Blackman is a Coach driver just before the turn of the Century in the late 1800's.
Kathryn Higgins is in service. They meet and fall in love struggling to develop a relationship. With the influx of trains, Ernie takes a position in a Hotel, and Kathryn in a Match Factory where the workers go on strike.
Ernie is accused of theft by John Osborne who's past includes being born in a London workhouse, before running away to India where he learns the tea business. He marries the daughter of an Indian Plantation owner, returning to England as a respected businessman. His past threatens his prestige in London.
Diamonds stolen from India, surface in England, resulting in a court case, involving a young man and his English fiancée. Also a young Indian woman who
returns to claim her rights.
