When Judith Sylvester becomes engaged to Dr. Carter Keith, he prepares a charming little home for her arrival, dubbing it the "House of Hearts." Their happiness is complete until Margery Gordon appears to distract Carter from his fiancée. Judith is troubled by his sudden change of heart, but not until she sees Margery and Carter embracing in the "House of Hearts" does she fully realize that their romance is over. After breaking their engagement, she moves in with Cynthia Bancroft, who had met and fallen in love with Judith's guardian, Martin Chandler, when the two were involved in a train wreck. Judith is instrumental in reuniting them, and then, left alone, she grimly resolves to make the best of life.