

Clorinda Wildairs breaks off an affair with the unscrupulous Sir John Ozen to become engaged to a rich nobleman, Mertoun, the Duke of Osmonde. Clorinda accidentally kills Sir John when he, infuriated by her forthcoming marriage, threatens to blackmail her. She buries the body in the cellar and admits her act to the forgiving Osmonde before marrying him.
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Cast

Virginia Valli
Clorinda Wildairs

Lionel Belmore
Sir Geoffrey Wildairs

Margaret Seddon
Lady Daphne Wildairs

Peggy Cartwright
Clorinda (age 6)

Milton Sills
Gerald Mertoun, Duke of Osmonde

Dorothea Wolbert
Mistress Wimpole

Bert Roach
Sir Christopher Crowell

Earle Foxe
Sir John Ozen

Leo White
Sir Humphrey Ware

George B. Williams
Lord Porkfish

Willard Louis
The Tavern Keeper

Patterson Dial
Annie Wildairs
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