Synopsis

Anton Rheba, Barbara's father, is in love with Clara Haines, his secretary, but she is married to Ronald Haines.

Michael is asked to help with the situation as a human-relations expert, and Barbara tries to help also, without being asked.

Contrasting a new love with a mature love, the portrayals are of the human spirit, amid the passionate and overpowering forces that destroy the soul and grind ambitions to dust.

As a record of a life dedicated to come as near to complete happiness as possible, in spite of the vexations that beset us all, the climax is the true test of the greatest controversial issue of all time.