Mary Donnell was married at sixteen to a gangster and soon widowed. She works for unhappily married lawyer Lloyd Rogers. A client's son Jack elopes with her, but his father tracks them down and has the marriage annulled. Mary has a son. Unaware of this, the father remarries; his new wife is crippled in an auto accident. The lawyer, now dying, tells Mary he has left her money for her and her son, Roger's widow suspects her husband may have been the father, while Mary is convinced instead that it was her annulled ex-husband, Jack. Jack's ruthless father , upon learning he may be grandparent of the child, threatens legal action to gain custody, but his son wants no part in separating little Jackie from his mother. Further, he reasserts his love for Mary and promises he will ask his now handicapped wife, Flip, for a divorce so that Jackie will have a real family. He instructs Mary to pack her belongings and get Jackie ready to leave so that the three can start a new life together. Before Jack has a chance to inform his now-handicapped wife, Flip, of these stunning developments, Flip pays an unexpected visit to Mary's apartment. To Mary's surprise, Flip makes a heartfelt, selfless plea for her to take Jack and make him happy as (in her words) she could no longer do. Mary is so struck by the offer and by Flip's true love for Jack, that she not only decides to cancel her plans to reunite with Jack, but also to ask Jack to adopt Jackie and, along with Flip, give him a 'proper' life in society. Jack enters the apartment and, in a whispered chat with Mary, is prevented from telling Flip that he ever had any intention of leaving her. 译文(2): 玛丽 · 唐纳16岁时嫁给了一个黑帮分子，不久就成了寡妇。她为不幸的已婚律师劳埃德 · 罗杰斯工作。一个客户的儿子杰克和她私奔了，但是他的父亲找到了他们，并宣布他们的婚姻无效。玛丽有个儿子。不知道这一点，父亲再婚了; 他的新婚妻子在一次车祸中残废了。这位即将去世的律师告诉玛丽，他已经为她和她的儿子留下了遗产。罗杰的遗孀怀疑她的丈夫可能是孩子的父亲，而玛丽却坚信孩子的父亲是她已经离婚的前夫杰克。杰克冷酷无情的父亲得知自己可能是孩子的祖父母后，威胁要采取法律行动来获得监护权，但他的儿子不想参与把小杰克从母亲身边分开。此外，他重申了他对玛丽的爱，并承诺他会要求他现在残疾的妻子菲利普离婚，这样杰基就会有一个真正的家庭。他指示玛丽收拾好行李，让杰基准备离开，这样三个人就可以一起开始新的生活。在杰克有机会告诉他现在残疾的妻子菲利普这些惊人的发展之前，菲利普突然造访了玛丽的公寓。令玛丽惊讶的是，弗利普发自内心地、无私地请求她带走杰克，让他快乐，而(用她的话说)她再也做不到了。玛丽被这个提议和菲利普对杰克的真爱深深打动了，她不仅决定取消和杰克团聚的计划，还要求杰克收养杰基，和菲利普一起，给杰克一个“适当”的社会生活。杰克走进公寓，和玛丽耳语了几句，不让他告诉菲利普他曾经有过离开她的打算。
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