
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.

as Walter Louis Saxel

as Ray Smith

as Curt Stanton

as Ed Porter

as Richard Saxel

as Harry Niles

as Mrs. Smith

as Freda Smith

as Felix Darren

as Elizabeth Saxel

as Corinne Saxel

as Mrs. Miller

as Ticket seller

as Williams

as Mrs. Williams

as Reporter for Associated News

as Postman

as Hotel desk clerk

as Louis

as Arthur the butler