A nameless actor in his 30s with hollow ambitions intentionally approaches a wealthy widow in her 60s, a businesswoman, and successfully marries her. His sole aim was the widow's fortune, but she dies of a chronic illness. Her will ultimately states, "I bequeath my entire fortune to society." The nameless actor's vain ambitions vanish like a mirage, leaving only the trace of his downfall: his surgically altered, aged face.