Among the guests at a garden party are a newly married couple, the husband being attorney to the host. The host informs him that he has arranged for the prison escape of a girl, who is to return to him a considerable sum of money, and enlists the lawyer's aid. The girl is concealed in the host's mansion, causing considerable agitation among the guests. In order to get to the city to collect the money, both men are forced to lie to their wives and thus arouse their suspicion. The pair of wives go to the hotel where they know their husbands are to be found and themselves become innocently involved in the intrigue. A marital mix-up grows into a major turmoil, which is finally settled in a common police court.