
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt (Claude Rains), the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail (Wanda Hendrix), the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer. In addition to the differences in their ages in this May-to-December union, Elizha is a man of culture while Abigail is uneducated. Bruce Edridge (Macdonald Carey), young, handsome and wealthy, comes into her life, and they fall in love. Abigail is now faced with difficult and life-changing choices; the chance of wealth versus her present mediocre circumstances, and her love for Bruce versus her loyalty to Elisha.
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt (Claude Rains), the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail (Wanda Hendrix), the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer. In addition to the differences in their ages in this May-to-December union, Elizha is a man of culture while Abigail is uneducated. Bruce Edridge (Macdonald Carey), young, handsome and wealthy, comes into her life, and they fall in love. Abigail is now faced with difficult and life-changing choices; the chance of wealth versus her present mediocre circumstances, and her love for Bruce versus her loyalty to Elisha.