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The Cost of Hatred Synopsis

Young Elsie Graves is married to Justice Graves, a brutal, violent man who beats her. She falls in love with recent widower Robert Amory, who lives next door with his son Ned. One day Justice comes home to find his wife and Amory embracing; he shoots the man, then takes his daughter Sarita and heads for Mexico. Several years later young Ned, now a man, is en route to Mexico to accept a diplomatic position when he is robbed, beaten, and thrown into jail in a small Mexican town. To his shock, he finds that the man responsible for his predicament is none other than Justice Graves. Complications ensue.

A Celebrated Case Synopsis

Foster sister of the Duchess d'Aubeterre, Madeline, marries Jean Renaud, a French soldier, and has a daughter named Adrienne. Five years later, on a battlefield, Renaud is entrusted by the Count de Moray with jewels and papers proving that Adrienne is his heir. After Moray's death, Renaud gives everything to Madeline and then returns to the battle. Lazarre, who had followed Renaud, then goes to Madeline and demands the jewels. Madeline's refusal awakens Adrienne, but Madeline quiets her by saying that her father is home. When Madeline still refuses Lazarre's request, he stabs her. Later, Adrienne tells the neighbors that her father had just been with her mother. Renaud is sentenced to prison for life, after which the Duchess adopts Adrienne. Many years later, Adrienne re-encounters her father and eventually the true murderer is revealed and Renaud is pardoned.