Gerald leaves England to seek his fortune in America and falls in love with Marja.Claude his older brother marks her for his own and they marry before he goes back to England.So when Gerald proposes she is already married.Since Claude is gone nothing is heard of him and because of this, Marja throws herself from a cliff, a cripple for live.Gerlad receives a letter announcing the death of Claude.Marja finds the letter and realizes how much Gerald did love her.