Having her sweetheart seduced by her mistress, Claudia, is only the first trial that Jenny must bear in suffering Claudia's vicious nature Shamed by this outcome of her wily trick, Frank leaves the household for a new life in Blackburn When Claudia gives birth to Frank's child, she cruelly disowns the helpless infant and relies on Jenny to care for little Katie and love her as her own Despite luring a kindly man into a marriage that offers comfort and security to them all, Claudia secretly indulges her own corrupt desires In her heart Jenny yearns for Frank, believing that one day they must be reunited