Shortly before he is to wed, mi llionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harr y S. Blair, a psychiatris t wh o in forms him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally u nbal anced. Blair then relates the following story After a whirl wind rom ance in Flo rida, B lair mar ries Nancy and sta rts a psychiatric pract ice in New York . One da y, artist No rman Clyde comes to his of fice and tells him that an inno cent man is about t o be executed in Sin g Sing Prison an d that Nancy i s the ca use of his unjust incarceratio n. A di straught Cl yde then explains himself to a curious Blair Three years before, Clyd e meets Nancy, whos e maiden name was Mon ks, when she enr olls in his ar t class. The moody Clyde soon falls i n love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introd uces Cly de to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, a nd persuades Bonner to sho wcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private sho wing s. To Nancy' s del ight, Clyde 's painting, a depict ion of t he tragic figure C assandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the show ing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a g uest, and Clyde later fin ds it in Nancy's purse. After C lyde conf ronts a confused Na ncy about th e theft, she rela tes the follow ing story to explain her behavior As a young girl, Nancy lives with her ho usekeeper mother in the lavish W illis home and plays wi th Karen, the Willises' little daughter . Althoug h Kar en wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthda y par ty, Mrs . Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promi ses to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are r eceiving. When Karen realizes ther e are no extra pins, however, she of fers Nancy the beautiful lock et sh e has just recei ved from her mother. Na ncy's subsequent joy is soon crush ed when Mrs. Will is d emands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is d iscovered miss ing, and Nan cy is accused of theft. Althou gh Nan cy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuse s to b elieve Nancy and forces her to confess . Th e adu lt Nancy the n adm its to Clyde that this childh ood hu miliation c ause d her unconscio us des ire to steal the bracelet at the party. Afte r a forgiv ing Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he a nd Nancy con tinue their romance until the nex t party at the Bo nners' . Suspecting that the abse nt Nancy is spending the evening in Bonne r's arms, C lyde leaves the party to lo ok for her and sees her exit ing Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshot s are fired. Bon ner is fo und m urder ed, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is e ventually f ound gui lty and is sentenced to die. Cl yde, howeve r, s trongly sus pects Nanc y, but she an grily main tains h er innocen ce and leaves for Flor ida. Back in his office, Blair defends N ancy to Clyde but invites him to his h ouse that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything an d tells Blair tha t Clyde is merely jealou s. The next day, Dexter is execute d, a nd a g uilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Bl air' s office wi ndow to his death. To avoid scandal, Bla ir and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his me dical s ervices , while Nancy becomes an ambulanc e driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nan cy insists that they take a vacation at Lord a nd Lady Wyndha m's manor ho use. Ju st as they are leav ing, Blair learn s that one of Lady Wyndham' s val uable j ewels has been stolen. Blair suspect s Nancy but is unable to pr ove anythi ng unti l a bomb destroys thei r fl at and reveals her cache of stolen jewels. Altho ugh confronted d irectly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and d ivorces Blair after he suffer s a nerv ous breakdown. Back in John's stud y, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon N ancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, how ever, bel ieves Nancy when she te lls him that Blair is still suf fering from his breakd own. Moments b efore the weddin g is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsus pecting Mrs. Willis, gi ves her the same lock et that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious fa mily heirloom. The l ocket cause s Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collaps es at the a ltar in hyst erics. As Nancy is later taken awa y to an in stitution, John sadly re alizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through he r crisis.
精彩剧情/对白：“他们，我 自然会管，宁伯候 府好不好，和他们也就没有什么关系了。当然，你们应该知道，我娘已经有了安饶封号吧？我想着，将 来轻寒立了功，再给父亲在皇上面前一声 ，封个什么就行了，倒是也不是就非要宁伯候世子 的身份。”
“否则，护国公主要是和邵阳将军一道，那我们该怎么办呢？ 先不如今大炎很多的事情都 是需要护国公主的。就 护国公主要是去了 白澜，给白澜带来更大的利益，那我们大炎怎么办？白澜本就国力更强，若是再继续强 下去，那我们大炎岂不是就被白澜摁着打了？”
“也没有什么，就是他们让本 公主给他们行礼，本公 主不愿意，他们就什么灵公主是贱人。本公主这一听，让本公主行礼这样的事 情吧，是对大炎的冒犯，本公主代表大炎过来白澜，这么被冒犯了 ，岂不是让大炎一并被冒犯了，那我们大炎皇帝肯定 是要不开心了是，也肯定会 觉得本公主办事不利，当然要好好教 育教育了。结果好家伙，居然还灵公主是贱人 ，白澜皇 上，你这灵公主是贱人，那先帝和您是什么啊！”
“但是就在去年年末的时候，玄乙门出了一些事情 ，我们几个师兄弟不知道师父在那里，只好匆匆 先回去了。师父回去便没有再见到我们，后 来师父是在师妹你这里，我们几个还要感谢师妹你的照顾呢。 一直到前段时间，玄乙门的事情没有师父无法处理，所以师父才匆匆 的回去了。”
“县里已经给了通知了 ，日后林大便不是秀才了，让村里都看着点，不能让你用秀才 的名义做事 了，往后好好过日子 吧。本来出了这样的事情，林氏家族要让你们除族的，我先挡了下来，再给你们机会，日后若是 没有什么事情了，便就这样，日后 若是再做了什么，林氏家族不要你们，我 可保不住你们了。”
