 Dirk becomes involved with a married woman, who arranges for him to get a job as a bond salesman in her husband's firm, making much more money than as an apprentice architect.Eventually he meets and falls in love with unconventional artist Dallas O'Mara, but she refuses to marry him because of his lack of ambition.Roelf, now a renowned sculptor, meets Dirk and, learning Selina is his mother, reunites with his former tutor.