A woman returns home with her young daughter to claim her inheritance. Her family accuses her of having a child just to qualify, demanding to know the father's identity and insulting the child as a 'bastard.' The mother fiercely defends her daughter, threatening her accuser. Family members, citing the will's requirement for a respectable husband, pressure her about her situation. Realizing the family won't relent without a husband, the woman resolves to find one to secure her claim.