When your heart and your dreams are divided A much loved only child, great things are expected of young Octavia Smith. While her cousin Emmeline's ambition is to 'get married and have lots of babies', Octavia's childhood dream is to change the world. It isn't long before the determined young woman finds her cause in the Suffragette movement - but will the arrival of the irresistibly dashing Tommy Meriton into Octavia's life give her passions another path to follow?