Gregg Cutler is a Bevin Boy. He could not join the army because the army conscripted him to work in the local coal mine. The boys resent him because both their fathers are in the war, and they think he is a coward. Lawyer Peter Weekes gives him a job as an assistant apprentice. The boys catch him putting a letter in his pocket and follow him to prove he is untrustworthy.—Britstuff