At a ball at the Metropol, the married Margit gives a harmless kiss to a one-time friend from her childhood and cousin, Eberhard. The two notice, however, that Margit's ill and jealous husband observed them from a distance, because he recognized the coat she recently purchased. Quickly, Margit asks the salesgirl Trude to put on her coat and meet Eberhard in the lobby. Things take a decidedly different turn, however, when Trude and Eberhard fall madly in love with each other.

Auf einem Ball im Metropol tauscht die verheiratete Margit Steltendorff einen harmlosen Kuss mit ihrem einstigen Jugendfreund und Vetter Eberhard von Waltzien aus