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Prince William of Moravia, unwilling to marry the Princess Hilda of Sunderland, goes to America. In a village he meets Rose, daughter of a deacon, and secretly marries her. A few months later, William is traced and the Prime Minister of ...See morePrince William of Moravia, unwilling to marry the Princess Hilda of Sunderland, goes to America. In a village he meets Rose, daughter of a deacon, and secretly marries her. A few months later, William is traced and the Prime Minister of Moravia comes to America with the Princess Hilda. William is told that his father, the King, is dead, that the country is in great danger of war, and that only his marriage to the Princess Hilda will avert the catastrophe. Thinking to gain time for his country, William consents to go back, and takes the Princess in his arms. And thus Rose, who has come to tell William she can no longer keep the marriage secret, finds them. William denies the marriage, intending to explain later, but when he foes after Rose, she has already jumped off a precipice, and he finds only a farewell note and her handkerchief. Believing her dead, he goes to Moravia, marries the Princess and is crowned King. Rose is not killed by her fall. She is taken care of by Madeleine, a woman whose life has been ruined by Clinton Steele. Rose loses her mind, and dies after giving birth to a daughter. Madeleine registers a vow that the child shall get vengeance on men for the wrong done her mother. Later, in Moravia a son is born to the King and Queen. The years pass. Rose's daughter, Fay, is taught to hate men, and especially her father, whose picture she has in a locket. One day, Vera Hamilton, an actress, is motoring through the woods with her latest admirer, Clinton Steele. They meet Fay, and Steele is fascinated. Madeleine, coming up, sees her betrayer, and later tells Fay to accept Vera's offer to go to the city and makes Steele shed a drop of blood for every tear of hers. Fay goes, and in a few months blossoms forth as a radiant creature. Vera introduces her to her friends, and a young artist, Pierre Legarde, falls in love with her. Fay poses for the artist's painting, "The Red Virgin." She toys with Steele's affections, and goads him to such a frenzy, that one day when he finds her at the artist's studio, he slashes the painting to shreds. Then he attacks the artist, and in the struggle, is killed. In Moravia, King William, and his motherless son, Prince Franz, are forced to abdicate. They come to America, and one night Fay meets the young Prince, her half-brother. She sets out to ruin him, and when she discovers that his father is the man who ruined her mother's life, she redoubles her efforts. She manages to ruin Franz at the roulette table, and gets him to promise to do anything for her. Then she tells him to rob the safe of the gambling establishment. She warns the proprietor in advance that an attempt will be made to burglarize his safe. The fateful night comes. William is alarmed when he finds that his son has left the house, and goes in search of the woman who is ruining him. And so he comes face to face with his own daughter. She tells him that she has secured vengeance for the wrong done her mother, but when William explains who he is, and the real circumstances surrounding his denial of the marriage, Fay weakens and father and daughter are united. But suddenly Fay remembers the danger that awaits Franz. She and William hurry to the gambling establishment to find Franz desperately wounded. The matter is "fixed" with the proprietor of the place, and Fay nurses her brother back to health. Then comes a message: the people of Moravia are clamoring for their King, and so Fay goes with her father and brother to face a new future across the sea. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less