June Mitchell

Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he must leave the next morning. When he returns home he finds that his girlfriend has been murdered. His former lover agrees to defend him without telling the court that he spent the night with her. Complications ensue.

A Boston, au XIXe siecle, Olive, militante feministe, tente de rallier a sa cause Verena, jeune femme possedant de remarquables dons d'oratrice. Verena fait merveille jusqu'au jour ou elle s'eprend d'un jeune avocat fortement oppose a ses idees d'emancipation.