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Florence, a romantic "slavey" (a maidservant) works in a boarding house. She spends her days lost in daydreams of becoming a Juliet to a handsome, heroic Romeo. Her romantic illusions are initially tested by a disappointment involving Mr. Mudge, but she eventually she finds her "real hero" by the end of the film.
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Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him -- but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam's past, including his unique health condition.

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