 Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant s fiancée Marcia is infatuated with Basil. At Henry s request Basil acts boorishly so as to kill the infatuation, but it doesn t work and Marcia breaks her engagement with Henry. With Marcia about to announce her intentions vis-a-vis Basil, Joyce shows her pictures of children, apparently Basil s. Marcia goes back to Henry and Joyce decides she d better tie Basil down soon.