아흐메드 벤 하산 족장과 다이애나의 아들인 아흐메드는 부랑자 떼의 두목의 딸, 야스민과 사랑에 빠지고 둘은 사람들의 눈을 피해 밀애를 즐긴다. 하지만 아흐메드가 족장의 아들이란 걸 알게 된 부랑자들이 아흐메드를 납치해 몸값을 얻어내려는 사건이 발생한다. 가까스로 위기에서 탈출한 아흐메드는 야스민도 그들과 한패라고 오해하며 그녀에게 사랑과 증오 두 가지 마음을 품게 된다
Gervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde Geraldine, a cad of the first order, but Elinor, in turn is cast off when Lord Geraldine turns his attention to an Irish lass, Marny. Marny has no idea of Geraldine's past nor his brutal nature.
Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's love for Gillian is revived, but he already has a wife, Lolaire, a native. In a jealous rage, Lolaire kills herself, freeing Craven, who returns to England and marries Gillian. His Indian servant, Kunwar Singh, casts a spell on Craven, causing him to leave Gillian and to go into the Algerian desert. There he joins Said, an old university friend who is the son of an Algerian sheik. Gillian follows, the servant is killed, and with him dies the spell, "The Shadow of the East."
