Lois Ame= +s %.is devoted to her @job;@ as the+ editor of a magazine, +  and h&er wealthy hu$"sba*]n?d Fre<[d is#. equally
dedicate&::d= t%-?'o polo and pa^./rties.?% Lois's __long*- hours drive her s;ecr[
etary $ to $[((quit, -!?and she replaces her wi@t(h To>`"\m She*"rida.@+<"n, _./who ( happ"ens + >?to be in the- offi*<:ce"=%d=[emonstratin<_,g a rowin/
g &" machine[ . Tom"'! "li=#ke]&%s the work and:]*' continues to advance$ until he is&- indisp^ens&<#[abl>.#e<t=\>o Lois. Ru\th Holma"^n, Tom/'s fiancée_:+, is jealo' us ::@of $"!Tom's &relation*shi][>p with Lois and with] some reason, as he i]s fal^!ling in love with%. her. In@ the meantime, Fred [is -'\:hav;?_ing an a\f_&+[-fair with- Ann Le Maire, a wo man whose inter
?ests ar+.$ e ` cl$\>os,;#?'er to his %?own. Be &cau\^se_;` he f)]ings u p w*;*!i,-th Fred, but h=/e suggest-s tha^];t(,# they?.] divor(ce in#""stea #=d. O;&n To.[m\%'s last night[, Lois keeps= h-[im >&working lat-=&e. @.Ruth> ) is furious and storms ^&up to th/>e `off[ice wh=/)e\re Lois a/)/n d Tom are dining. She threatens to tel+_>l ,Lois's husband) about ,their relationsh ip, ([which leaves the way cl"e[ #a`r< for Lois to ^
anno/unc>e her pending divorce*-^.]&? Ruth breaks off her engagement to Tom, and he #immed?i ately ,asks Lois to marr`[&y him.