A writer lays gravely wounded from an african hunting accident and he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures at love and writing. Through his delirium he recalls his one true love cynthia green. His neglected wife helen tends to his wounds, endures his talk of lost loves, and tries to restore in him the will to fight his illness until help arrives. With his realization of a chance for love and happiness with helen, he regains his will to live.