Stefanos fights a lonely battle to succeed in life, keeping from Anna, the woman he loves, his fears about an uncertain future. When he is called to join the army for additional duty, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Following these events and realizing her mistake, Anna chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece, a development Stefanos blames on his financial situation. Some years later, when Anna returns, she finds out about the death of her child’s foster parents and takes her back. She then meets Stefanos, who, in the meantime, has overcome his financial difficulties. Together they realize that their separation was the result of a merciless social environment and the fatal weakness of human nature.