At 41 years old, Timothy Lumsden is yet to fly the nest. The timid librarian dreams of meeting the right lady and leaving home. Phyllis, his domineering mother, has other ideas however. Henpecked father Sydney is of little help -- he's even more under his wife's oppressive thumb than his son! Sister Muriel, on the other hand, has successfully escaped and got married. If only her bullied brother could do the same...