Freshly arrived in New York, Evelyn Hart encounters a man named Kane and impulsively marries him after only three days. She expresses disbelief at her own actions and questions Kane about his surname, to which he replies that the powerful Kane family are not good people. Unbeknownst to Evelyn, the man is approached by his staff, who urgently inform him that the board members of Kane Shipping and Kane Railways are waiting for him. This reveals that Evelyn has just married the very man she distrusts, who appears to be the head of the powerful Kane empire.