On an ocean voyage, a librarian falls for a married man. After librarian Lulu Smith is accused by her patrons of having Spring fever, she spends her life savings on a cruise to Havana, during which she begins a romance with Bob Grover, a lawyer with political ambitions. After their return, Lulu becomes a clerical assistant for a newspaper, where she is pursued by brash reporter Al Holland. One night, several months into their affair, Bob comes to Lulu's apartment for dinner, bringing two Halloween masks with which they have a marvelous time playing. Their merriment is interrupted by a call from Al, whose proposal to Lulu prompts Bob to confess that he has an invalid wife whom he cannot leave. Lulu protests that she wishes to continue their affair, but Bob refuses to let her waste her life on him. They squabble, and Lulu throws him out without telling him she is pregnant. Time passes and Bob becomes district attorney, while Al becomes city editor of the newspaper. After Bob hires a detective, Marty, to find Lulu, the couple are reunited and Lulu introduces Bob to his daughter Roberta. Later, Lulu and Roberta are waiting to meet Bob, when Al suddenly appears. He is questioning her about Roberta when Bob arrives, and, in order to protect Bob's reputation, Lulu tells Al that the baby is Bob's adopted daughter and that she is her governess. In order to preserve the charade, Bob does adopt Roberta, taking her home the next day to present to his wife Helen, who is returning from a European rest cure. Helen is delighted with the child but questions Lulu's ability to care for her. Lulu runs out of the house, and when Bob follows her, she tries to tell him she is through with him but cannot. Soon after, Lulu goes to Al for a job and becomes the "advice to the lovelorn" columnist for his paper. Al pumps her for information about Bob and Roberta in order to write a story causing Bob's downfall, but Lulu refuses to say anything. As the years pass, Lulu still works for the paper, and Al, now the managing editor, is still pursuing her. Bob has been both a mayor and a congressman, but on the night he wins the nomination for governor, he becomes disheartened, ashamed of the hypocrisy of his double life. Lulu tries to talk him out of confessing the truth and ruining his career, but when it seems that she cannot succeed, she asks Al to marry her, hoping that will make Bob forget about her. On the night of Bob's election, however, Al tells her that he knows all about her, Bob and Roberta, and Lulu kills him to prevent him from publishing the story. A year later, Bob is on his deathbed, and Lulu, whom he had pardoned after a short jail term, comes to visit him. He shows her his new will, which tells the truth and leaves her half of his estate, but after he dies, she tears it up to protect him and Roberta, who is engaged to a socially prominent young man. 　　译文(2): 在一次远洋航行中，一个图书管理员爱上了一个已婚男【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。图书管理员露露 · 史密斯(Lulu Smith)被她的顾客指控患有春季狂热症，之后她把毕生积蓄花在了前往哈瓦那的游轮上，在此期间，她开始与有政治野心的律师鲍勃 · 格罗弗(Bob Grover)谈恋爱。回国后，露露成了一家报社的文书助理，在那里，她受到了傲慢的记者阿尔 · 霍兰德的追捧。一天晚上，在他们恋爱几个月后，鲍勃来到露露的公寓吃晚饭，带来了两个万圣节面具，他们玩得非常开心。他们的欢乐被艾尔打来的电话打断了，艾尔向露露求婚，这促使鲍勃承认他有一个无法离开的妻子。露露抗议说她希望继续他们的恋情，但鲍勃拒绝让她在他身上浪费生命。他们吵了起来，露露没有告诉他她怀孕了就把他赶了出去。随着时间的推移，鲍勃成为了地方检察官，而阿尔成为了报纸的市编辑。在鲍勃雇了一个侦探马蒂去找露露之后，这对夫妇重新团聚了，露露把鲍勃介绍给了他的女儿罗伯塔。后来，露露和罗伯塔等着见鲍勃，这时艾尔突然出现了。鲍勃来的时候，露露正在向艾尔询问罗伯塔的情况，为了保护鲍勃的名誉，露露告诉艾尔，这个孩子是鲍勃的养女，她是鲍勃的家庭教师。为了维持这个假象，鲍勃确实收养了罗伯塔，第二天带她回家，把她介绍给他的妻子海伦，她刚从欧洲休养回来。海伦对这个孩子很高兴，但是对露露照顾她的能力表示怀疑。露露跑出了房子，当鲍勃跟着她时，她试图告诉他，她和他已经结束了，但是做不到。不久之后，露露去找艾尔的工作，成为他的报纸的“给失恋者的建议”专栏作家。艾尔向她打听有关鲍勃和罗伯塔的消息，为的是写一篇导致鲍勃垮台的报道，但露露拒绝透露任何信息。随着时间的流逝，露露仍然在报社工作，现在的总编辑艾尔仍然在追求她。鲍勃既当过市长又当过国会议员，但当他赢得州长提名的那天晚上，他变得灰心丧气，为自己虚伪的双重生活感到羞愧。露露试图说服他不要承认真相，毁掉他的事业，但是当她似乎不能成功时，她向艾尔求婚，希望这样能让鲍勃忘记她。然而，在鲍勃当选的那天晚上，艾尔告诉她，他知道关于鲍勃和罗伯塔的一切，露露为了阻止他发表这个故事而杀了他。一年后，鲍勃临终前，他在短期监禁后赦免了露露，露露来看望他。他向她展示了他的新遗嘱，告诉了她真相，并留给她一半的财产，但在他死后，她撕毁了它，以保护他和罗伯塔，谁是一个社会知名的年轻人订婚。