The young, charming Christina Raymond is passionately in love with Norman Frieslander, the general director of a large shipbuilding enterprise. They have been together for several years, but when Norman invites Christina to become his wife, she flatly refuses this seemingly long-awaited proposal and, moreover, leaves her beloved. And the motives for such a strange act, as it turns out later, are very convincing and serious. The situation is reaching a dead end. However, the tragedy at the New York airport helps these people take a different look at their own problems and appreciate what generous fate has given them...