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.

Cast

Elsie Ferguson

Carlotta Peel

Conrad Nagel

Emilie Diaz, a pianist

Thomas Holding

Frank Ispenlove

Helen Dunbar

Constance Peel

Winifred Greenwood

Mary Ispenlove

Clarissa Selwynne

Mrs. Sardis

Howard Gaye

Albert Vicary

Forrest Stanley

Samson

Raymond Blathwayt

Lord Francis Alcar

Jane Keckley

Rebecca