A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover that he's married. As if that weren't bad enough, he is soon seriously injured in an automobile accident, and doctors say that he may never walk again.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Grace Durland gives up college to work in a department store when her father loses his money. Having been brought up in comfortable circumstances, she now misses social activities to which she had become accustomed. Desperate for amusement, she goes to a party with her superior, Irene Kirby. Irene is having an affair with Tommy Kemp. There, Grace meets Ward Trenton. The two fall for each other, but Trenton is already married. He decides to ask his wife for a divorce, since she has said on a number of occasions he only had to ask for his freedom to get it. But this time, his wife refuses to grant the divorce. Trenton tells Grace that for her own sake, they should not see each other again. Grace says she loves him and will never give him up - in spite of public perception. Meanwhile, Grace's brother is having an affair with Sadie Denton. He has become tired of the arrangement and wants to be free. Sadie asks Grace for help, and Grace begins to realize how inappropriate her own relationship with Trenton has become. Irene begins to feel the same way about her relationship with Kemp. Grace has a talk with her father. He convinces her that no matter how Trenton may feel now, some day he will want a home and children. Trenton and Grace will never be happy if they have to hide their love. So Trenton and Grace decide to give each other up after a party that Kemp gives for Irene Kirby at a mountain lodge. But on the drive home, Kemp, who is drunk, takes a turn at high speed and crashes the car. Kemp is killed and Trenton is seriously injured. Although Grace and Irene fear notoriety from the incident, Grace takes Trenton to his wife. Mrs. Trenton blames Grace for the accident. A doctor tells Mrs. Trenton that, even if her husband lives, he will be a cripple for life. At this point, Mrs. Trenton selfishly says she will give her husband up for Grace. The doctor sees through Mrs. Trenton's pretense and confides in Grace. She asks if Trenton will truly never walk again. "Of course he'll walk," he tells her, "and, I hope, with you as his wife."
