p A 二四-year-old divorcee, Betty Preisser, a receptionist for a clothing manufacturer, takes some office work home which her boss, widower Jerry Kingsley, a man of 五六, drops by to pick up Professional rather than personal acquaintances, Betty tells Jerry of her loveless marriage to George, a musician Jerry has a married daughter, Lillian, about her age, and a spinster sister, Ev p