The American wife stands at the window of a hotel room watching the rain. She sees a cat huddled under a table getting wet. She wants to rescue the cat but her husband says not to get wet. A hotel owner is polite and tries to please guests. The wife likes him. She opens the door and the maid is there with an umbrella and a cat the owner sent for the wife. The wife is bored and wants things like her own silverware and a cat of her own. Her husband tells her to read. The maid brings a cat the owner sent for the wife.