Sonia is an outcast in the desert and her only friend is a cat. The followers of Mahmoud believes the cat is a sacred cat of Ancient Egypt. He makes Sonia his slave to look after the cat and claims the cat will lead him to victory in a war of conquest.
Olwen Powell was found in a cave by two bachelor brothers Ben and Dai Powell when she was a baby. They raised her on the mountains isolated from the village below. She became friends with Myra Thomas a young village girl and they kept their friendship secret.
While on her way to live with relatives she had never met, Laura Hurst, a rich young Victorian girl, was killed in a coach accident. Her maid Martha Ford, decided to take her place in order to give her sick young sister a home. While aunt Maria welcomed “Laura” into her home, cousin Nigel was less happy and was suspicious of her.
