Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.
Elsie Ferguson
as Carlotta Peel
Conrad Nagel
as Emilie Diaz, a pianist
Thomas Holding
as Frank Ispenlove
Helen Dunbar
as Constance Peel
Winifred Greenwood
as Mary Ispenlove
Raymond Blathwayt
as Lord Francis Alcar
Clarissa Selwynne
as Mrs. Sardis
Howard Gaye
as Albert Vicary
Forrest Stanley
as Samson
Jane Keckley
as Rebecca
