When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of all concerned, Paul moves into separate quarters. One day Paul overhears the gossip again at a café and challenges the purveyor of the lie to a duel. Moreau, for his own satisfaction, takes Paul's place in combat and is mortally wounded. Moreau staggers to Paul's apartment where he discovers Therese, who has come to beg the writer to refuse to fight.
Arthur Donaldson
as Joseph Moreau
Grace Valentine
as Therese
James Morrison
as Paul Savary
Paul Capellani
as Louis Moreau
Gladden James
as Felix
Louise Beaudet
as Marie Moreau
Richard Tucker
as Viscount de Bellerive
Carolyn Birch
as Henrietti
Robert E. Hill
as
