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Finding monotony of domesticity irksome, James Thornwell casts about for a diversion. He meets Mlle. Valeria, a popular prima donna with whom he becomes very much infatuated. She accepts his attentions with inward indifference; Thornwell ...See moreFinding monotony of domesticity irksome, James Thornwell casts about for a diversion. He meets Mlle. Valeria, a popular prima donna with whom he becomes very much infatuated. She accepts his attentions with inward indifference; Thornwell is not the only one. Harry Borden, a man of the world, pays her most ardent court. They both send her flowers and other evidences of their admiration. She tries to keep each in ignorance of the other. One day Borden happening in just as Thornwell is leaving. He upbraids Valeria and finds a note which Thornwell sent with a box of roses. She tries to get the note from him but he keeps it. Acting well her part, she laughingly dismisses the matter and submissively kisses him goodbye. Thornwell, with his wife, attends a ball where they meet Borden and Valeria. While Borden is talking to Mrs. Thornwell, Valeria takes Mr. Thornwell's arm and walks off with him. Borden graciously offers Mrs. Thornwell his arm and escorts her to the conservatory. Hoping to compromise Thornwell, he makes love to his wife and attempts to kiss her, for which he receives a smack in the face which completely appalls him. Valeria who has seen Borden making love to Mrs. Thornwell, hastens to Thornwell and induces him to come and behold his wife, hoping to create dissension between them, making him a complete victim to her own wiles. Borden explains to Mrs. Thornwell that his advances to her were encouraged by her husband's attentions to another woman and he had unjustly come to the conclusion that she would not resist him. Then he hands her the note he found on the floor of Valeria's apartment. At this moment, her husband enters with Valeria. He accuses her of accepting the attentions of Borden. She indignantly denies it. They return to their home, where he again accuses her. Again she denies his accusation. Tearing the note which Borden had given her from the bosom of her dress, she hands it to him and he reads the evidence of his own indiscretion. He realizes the heartless purpose of Valeria and Borden to secure their own ends. His wife in tears, and he in silent sadness, see an impassable breach opening up between them. Their little daughter Nellie, hearing her parents, enters the room. Seeing their unhappiness, she tells them to kiss and make up. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less