Subtitled A Romance of Love and the Secret Service.
Tells the lengthy story of how Marcus Orlando, having been betrayed horribly by his first wife and left to raise their daughter alone, and then abandoned by his actress second wife, is determined to never trust another woman. Even after he meets Alix, who cannot stand him at first, he resists his feelings for the longest time. All this while and during their lengthy eventual courtship, he disappears on missions - which are never detailed but just briefly mentioned - for Department Y.