When a woman loves a man - as Mary Sothern loves her husband, Max - there are few forces powerful enough to keep them apart. Gossip and derision from Mary's own friends over Max's unworthiness, and yes - even Max's own efforts to prove to his wife that he wasn't good enough for her, were of no avail, because Mary's love is too strong. Now, Max is under grand jury indictment for his connection to the gambling activities in the town, and while forces are working against her, she is confident that she will win a postponement of the trial for the man she loves, and time to free him from a crime of which he is not guilty...