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Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter named Dong-su (Nam Gung-won). Jeong-hui is at risk of losing her house due to her father's debt, and a young physician Sun-cheol (Kim Seok-hun) who received his college education with the financial support of Dr. Nam, helps her by selling his own house. Despite his love for her, Sun-cheol cannot express his feelings because he knows of the request in her father's will. When Jeong-hui looks for a job to support her family, Bang, whom Dr. Nam once cured, offers her a position of saloon madam. Meanwhile, her younger sister Myeong-hui (Choe Ji-hui) promises Dong-su her hand in marriage. Jeong-hui, now running the saloon, wishes them happiness. It is only when she gets a proposal from Bang and decides to accept it that Sun-cheol confesses his love for her. Moved by Sun-cheol's true affection for her, Bang gives her up, and Sun-cheol and Jeong-hui exchange vows of marriage.
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6ㆍ25때 남편을 여읜지 8년. 이숙희는 양장점을 하다가 빚을 지고, 출판사 전무 김상규가 빚청산을 도와주면서 둘은 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 상규는 사장딸 옥주과 약혼한 사이고 누이는 그의 출세를 위해 이 결혼을 서두른다. 숙희의 장성한 딸 경희는 어머니의 행복을 위해 상규와의 재가를 권유하지만, 숙희는 자신에게 주어진 사회적 관습과 윤리적 도덕관 때문에 갈등한다. 숙희와 상규는 진실로 사랑하지만, 숙희는 헤어지는 길을 택하고 서울 집을 팔아 고향으로 떠난다. 몸져 누워있던 상규는 이 소식을 듣고 서울역으로 나가 이 여사가 탄 기차를 바라보며 괴로워한다.