Young Margaret Walsh's husband dies while on a polar expedition. Grief-stricken, she consents to marry Morgan Delafield, a much older man who is a close friend of her father. However, it's not long before she falls in love with Stephen Bond, a man who's actually younger than she is. While she tries to resist her feelings for Stephen so as not to endanger her marriage, gossip about the pair nevertheless begins to make the rounds around town, with unintended consequences for all concerned.