A young woman, journeying alone to New York to marry her fiancé Thomas, arrives at the docks full of hope. Her voyage is violently disrupted when an armed man hiding from pursuers forces his way into her life, using a sudden kiss to disguise them as a couple and evade capture. Though she resents his methods and demands he keep his distance, an uneasy alliance forms. As the ship docks, she believes her ordeal is over and her future with Thomas begins, but her arrival reveals a shocking sight: Thomas is in the very car she helped buy, and he drives past her without stopping.