However, she discovers her parents are as bigoted toward her square friend as his parents are toward her.

    Filled with self-disgust, he is ready to respond with affection and professional interest when fifteen-year old Shirley Taylor falls in love with him. Only to find himself facing trial on a charge of indecent assault. In the dock, deserted by his friends and despised by his wife, Graham Weir suddenly recovers the courage of his ideals to fight the small-minded prejudice that surrounds him.