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An engineer returning from Pekin arrives in New York and, after discovering a marriage license in a murdered man's coat, races to find and wed the woman named, setting off a night of rapid incidents. He confronts a rival, defies the woman's aristocratic father, stages a hotel banquet attended by civic notables, and navigates misunderstandings, investigations, and shifting social expectations. The narrative traces events almost hour by hour through a single night into morning, blending suspense, romantic complication, and comic upheaval as private motives and public reputations collide.
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