A young woman confronts her parents, accusing them of favoring her brother Howard and mistreating her, but fiercely defends her right to study. Her mother argues that with the family struggling financially, only one child can go to university, and as the sister, she should yield the chance. Elsewhere, her brother flaunts a gift from an admirer, while money intended for his new clothes goes missing. The family immediately suspects the young woman, Vivian, of stealing it to buy books, and they set out for her school to confront her.