In order to promote a marriage between her daughter Antoinette and multimillionaire Benson Churchill, Helen Gerard tells Antoinette that her father has stolen funds and that the marriage will save the family. Though in love with John Hamilton, Antoinette agrees to marry Churchill. When she visits Hamilton's office with Churchill to look over plans for their home, Churchill learns that the young couple are in love; later Antoinette revolts and reveals the reason for her being forced into the marriage, and Churchill, having many years before loved Hamilton's mother, releases her. As a wedding present Churchill releases to Gerard the financial assets he has purchased as a lever to force the marriage.