▁nur se , ▁Nor ah ▁O ' Ne ill . ▁Through ▁Johnny , ▁Nor ah ' s ▁younger ▁sister ▁Ellen ▁meets ▁Ludwig ▁and ▁S ally ' s ▁young est ▁son ▁Paul . ▁ ▁Ellen ▁and ▁Paul ▁have ▁a ▁secret ▁rom ance ▁and ▁Ellen ▁becomes ▁pre gn ant , ▁resulting ▁in ▁Paul ▁quietly ▁marry ing ▁her ▁with ▁Ludwig ' s ▁consent ▁since ▁he ▁is ▁under age . ▁ ▁Although ▁Paul ▁and ▁Ellen ▁are ▁happy , ▁S ally ▁disapp ro ves ▁of ▁the ▁marriage , ▁cut s ▁t ies ▁with ▁her ▁son ▁and , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁a ▁bar bed ▁remark ▁by ▁Julia ' s ▁mother ▁Louis a , ▁inform s ▁her ▁about ▁Johnny ' s ▁affair ▁with ▁Nor ah . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Julia ▁divor ces ▁Johnny , ▁moves ▁to ▁California ▁with ▁T ucker , ▁and ▁later ▁mar ries ▁a ▁wealth y ▁older ▁man ▁who ▁is ▁past ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁having ▁sex . ▁Johnny , ▁suffering ▁from ▁heart ▁disease ▁and ▁the ▁stra in ▁of ▁the ▁divor ce , ▁soon ▁dies . ▁Anne ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Club ▁are ▁una ware ▁that ▁S ally ▁was ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁revealed ▁Johnny ' s ▁affair ▁to ▁Louis a , ▁and ▁instead ▁think ▁El iza ▁spread ▁the ▁story . ▁S ally ▁eventually ▁is ▁recon ci led ▁with ▁Paul ▁after ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁surv ive ▁a ▁dev ast ating ▁flo od . ▁ ▁Ludwig ▁dies ▁and ▁his ▁daughter ▁El sa ▁takes ▁over ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁family - owned ▁bank ; ▁she ▁also ▁succeed s