A prospective client, Leyland Bartlett, a wood magnate, imbibes too heavily on a dinner date with Julia and passes out on her sofa-bed, leading to wild rumors that put Julia in an awkward position with her employer.

Maria falls for a tall, handsome man and interprets his distant attitude as a sign he really cares. Then suddenly, a surprise gift puts everything into a different light.

Maria is visited by her father who is fighting with her mother and it falls on Maria and Julia to show the two older people how to get along.