An accountant named Nelson Weaver sits at his desk in New York City finishing the tax sheets for Marshall & Co, which he has doctored to save the company over a million dollars. Pleased with his work, he waits for his son Robert to meet him before his train. Robert finally arrives and the two head out together, Nelson thinking proudly of other people’s admiration for his son. When they get to Grand Central station, they sit down for a drink and Nelson remembers a day when his son was twenty and sitting peacefully, safe from harm, eating a huge sandwich after a long swim. Soon it’s time for Robert’s train, and the two say a sad goodbye as Nelson watches his son walk away from him to the train. As he leaves, Nelson thinks about how he’d naively assumed there would only be one war, and he should have done more to stop it so that his son would never have had to go off in the first place. When he gets back to his office, he thinks of the money he’s saving his business as they profit from the war while his son risks his life for them, and he doesn’t go inside.