In1902London,unhappilymarriedPhilipMarshallmeetsyoungMaryGray,whoisunemployedanddepressed.Theirdeepeningfriendship,thoughphysicallyinnocent,isdiscoveredbyPhilip'swifewhothreatenshimwithexposureandscandal,drivinghimtokillher.Thereafter,fortuneseemstosmileonPhilipMarshall;butdoesfatehaveasurpriseinstore?