In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
as Elisabeth Laurier
as Charles Godwin
as Louisa Godwin
as John Taylor
as Lord Clare
as Constance
as Molly Holland
as Ellen
as Mrs. Jago
as Sussman
as Amy Godwin
as Robert Ames
as Hannah
as Mrs. Maidment
as Carlo
as Dodds
as Dr. Geddes
as Rector
as Mrs. Hurst