Frank Parry, a prosperous middle-aged manufacturer, takes a business trip to New York, where he becomes infatuated with Eva Boutelle, manager of the Swansea Cotton Mills. For a time, their affair develops, but Eva remains true to her husband and rejects Frank's suggestion that they divorce their spouses and marry each other. Frank returns home; receives his wife's forgiveness; and finds that his daughter, Ethel, is determined to enter the business world.