Summary
A psychological labyrinth, "Buchanan's Wife" unwinds the tragic entanglement of Beatrix, a woman ensnared by the manipulative Herbert Buchanan through a sinister hypnotic trance, despite her heart's true allegiance to Harry Faring. The narrative plunges into emotional depths when Herbert, discovering Beatrix's enduring affection for Harry, orchestrates his own vanishing act, absconding with the enigmatic tramp, Kansas. In a desperate bid for liberation and a fresh start, Beatrix, with a chilling resolve, misidentifies a cadaver as her disappeared husband, swiftly marrying Harry. Yet, fate, a cruel puppeteer, reintroduces Herbert, alive but ravaged by illness and a fractured mind, accompanied by Kansas, at her doorstep. This spectral reappearance shatters Beatrix's fragile peace, forcing a confession of her audacious deception to her new spouse. Kansas, seizing the opportunity, plots an extortion scheme, but her nefarious intentions are thwarted when Harry, confronting the vagrants, encounters a dying Herbert. Afflicted by tuberculosis, the former husband, in a poignant plea for Beatrix and Harry's serenity, implores Kansas to desist. A reluctant agreement secured, Kansas retreats, and upon Herbert's eventual demise, the newlywed couple endeavors to reconstruct a semblance of normalcy from the wreckage of deceit and desire.
Synopsis
Beatrix marries Herbert Buchanan while under his hypnotic trance, although she really loves Harry Faring. When Herbert learns of his wife's love for Harry, he disappears with Kansas, a tramp. Soon after, Beatrix falsely identifies a body at the morgue as her husband's and marries Harry, but when Herbert, still alive though ill and demented, appears at her door with Kansas, she confesses her lie to her new husband. Kansas' plans to blackmail Beatrix are ruined when Harry visits the two tramps, and Herbert, now dying of tuberculosis, pleads with Kansas to leave the couple in peace. Kansas agrees, and after Herbert's death, Beatrix and Harry return to a normal life.
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