 Helga Breder is a young, spoiled girl. To her beloved Joergen she says that she, as a modern young woman is multi-talented and can do whatever she likes. Joergen bets that she can t work as a house-maid, but if she manages it, he will buy her a diamond ring. Helga becomes a house-maid at Vinger Mansion and falls in love with an inventor, Bertil Frigaard, who lives there.