When railroad executive Anthony Blake plans to provide his discontented wife with the evidence she wants for a divorce, he asks his confidential secretary, Cara Deene, who secretly loves him, to accompany him to a farm he owns. They live separately there, and he pays her to act as his companion. All goes well until Mrs. Blake accuses Cara of being in love with her husband. Believing that Anthony and his wife have reconciled, Cara leaves, but later, in financial straits, she seeks his aid. When Anthony's wife dies and he realizes Cara's loyalty because she never cashed his checks, he searches for and unites with her.—AFI