Though Mr. and Mrs. Gray are supposed to be in comfortable circumstances, the husband has met business reverses and has been declared a bankrupt. It is after the wife has just completed a lavish social that he tells her. Disgruntled, she ...See moreThough Mr. and Mrs. Gray are supposed to be in comfortable circumstances, the husband has met business reverses and has been declared a bankrupt. It is after the wife has just completed a lavish social that he tells her. Disgruntled, she goes with him to live at a cheap apartment house. Gray secures employment with a rich broker. Mrs. Gray's friend insists on taking her one afternoon to a party. There she meets Mr. Norman, her husband's employer. Norman, struck with her, pays fast attentions. Some time later Norman sends Mrs. Gray a diamond ring that Mr. Gray has accidentally seen in the office. When Gray returns that evening and finds it on his wife he demands to know where she got it. She lies by saying that she found it. Norman, suspecting the intimacy, resolves to know just how far it has gone. Meantime, Mrs. Gray decides to return the ring and, after writing a note, takes the ring to Mrs. Allen. Here they are met by Norman. Mr. Gray has followed Norman. Gray rushes into the house. The party attempt to conceal Mrs. Gray. The husband draws a revolver. There is a struggle and a shot, which goes through the door, enters Mrs. Gray's shoulder. A doctor is called. Mr. Gray is about to leave when Mrs. Allen shows him the note. Convinced that his wife is innocent, that her relations .with his employer have been without taint, he takes his wife in his arms and forgives, and prays for her hasty recovery from the slight wound. Written by
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