Sarah's father goes to war, leaving her at the school for noble girls. She quickly adapted to the new environment and became a favorite. But here a "killed in battle" notice comes from the front, and later it turns out that the heroine’s inheritance is more than modest. And Sarah is to have a new stage of maturity in which she will have to learn about all the hardships of poverty, but in the end the girl’s personality will help her to re-arrange her life.