A young woman named Miss Del Monte must get to America to start a show she is performing, and tells the attendant at an airport that she must get there by Saturday. The attendant, Mr. McCloskey, tells her that the flights are booked up for a long time and that he can get her on a flight in a few months. He believes her to be the most beautiful woman he has seen. She leaves and comes back the next day and explains her case once again, but Mr. McCloskey tells her he can’t get her on a flight. She begins to come back every day and see Mr. McCloskey, but gets no progress towards getting a flight. He suggests that she take a boat to America. Eventually, Mr. McCloskey begins to see her after work and gets drinks with her occasionally. They spend time together, and one night he takes her on a ferry across a river. When they return, they walk to the water’s edge and Mr. McCloskey tells her that the plane he loves is out tethered in the water. They get in a row boat and row out to the plane and she asks if he has ever flown a plane. He says he used to be a pilot, but he drank too much and now he is just good enough to stand behind a counter. The next day, Miss Del Monte goes to see him and she sees a woman asking him to get her a flight, but he is staring hopelessly into space.