An odd couple of kids befriend each other at their boarding school. One is an eccentric and fanciful girl from a poor neighborhood, the other, a more 'grounded' girl from a more affluent part of town. Out of friendship, the affluent girl makes a gift of an expensive mirror the eccentric girl fell in love with on one of their window shopping expeditions. Throughout their lives, the poor girl became more and more wealthy and influential, and covetous. 