Germaine Acremant

Arlette and her brother are penniless orphans; as the man is to leave for Africa to work for a long time, the young girl is forced to live with her cousins, four spinsters, who place virtue over everything.

Lady Aberton deja a su marido y a sus hijos para ir a París a dedicarse de lleno al teatro y la ópera, pero pronto lamentará el vacío de su vida.