Miss Willet wakes up early to prepare for work at a boutique in New York, advertising a baby bed in the storefront window by enacting all the use mothers would get out of it, demonstrating with baby doll. A week prior, she was told that they were letting her go, and today is her final day. As she readies herself, she notices what looks like a man peering at her from a house across the backyard. Intrigued, she flatters herself imagining that perhaps a prospective lover is peering at her. At work, she suddenly and mysteriously strikes gold, attracting more customers today than her boss could keep up with. He rewards her by giving her a raise and telling her they're keeping her on. He gives her greater control over the doll and baby bed, trusting her vision for advertisement, and gives her money to fix the doll up. Over the weekend, Miss Willet spends her time prettying the doll up and fashioning her a new dress. Her secret admirer has kept a steady interest in her by placing a single flower on his window sill—an act she interprets as direct communication—and in response, she places flowers on hers, as well. Once everything with her work is settled, she becomes increasingly impatient at her admirer's shyness. Emboldened by a kitten that appears to have come from his house, she snatches the cat up and begins making her way around to his door. She knocks, then enters to find an old Italian man asleep on the couch dressed in drabby attire. Struck with grief, she whimpers and returns to her home, loveless.