Summary
Mark Sabre, a man of genteel bearing, enlists the bright-eyed Effie Bright to serve as a companion for his aristocratic, icily aloof wife Mabel while he departs for the front lines of a nameless war. The war, a crucible of fire and steel, leaves Mark scarred—both physically and psychologically—upon his return. He discovers that Mabel, ever calculating, has dismissed Effie, casting her out into a world that offers no quarter. Effie, now a mother to a newborn, arrives at Mark's doorstep, pleading for shelter. Compassionate yet tormented, Mark opens his home, igniting a scandal that drives Mabel to abandon him as the town's whispers turn hostile. In a desperate bid for survival, Effie commits an unspeakable act—one that shatters Mark's fragile psyche and precipitates a nervous breakdown. The tragedy spirals, enveloping each character in a vortex of shame, ostracism, and irreversible loss, culminating in a bleak tableau of human frailty and societal condemnation.
Synopsis
Mark Sabre hires young Effie Bright to keep his snobbish, cold-hearted wife Mabel company while he goes off to war. When he returns home from the front wounded, he finds that Mabel has fired Effie, who shows up at Mark's door with her baby, having no place to go. Mark takes her in, but Mabel leaves him when the town shuns him for what they believe is going on with Mark and Effie. Matters are further complicated when Effie, driven to desperation, commits an unspeakable act that results in Mark having a nervous breakdown--and then things get worse.
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