Summary
A brittle gilded cage fractures when Margaret Kirby, ice-bright socialite, denies her insolvent husband the collateral of her dignity; in the vacuum of her refusal, John hurtles toward a noose, survives as a fevered wraith, and Margaret—evicted from marble halls—lets lodgers trample her Persian rugs. Among them, forged wires from a spurned rival detonate rumor like shrapnel, until Gordon Pell—laconic guest with a gambler’s gaze—reassembles torn truth, returning the couple to a scarred reconciliation.
Synopsis
Margaret Kirby refuses her husband's request to help him obtain a loan from her guest, Gordon Pell. The husband, John, in financial difficulties, then attempts suicide and becomes seriously ill. Margaret takes in boarders and is compelled to mix with people outside her social set. Lucille, John's former admirer, creates a misunderstanding by means of forged telegrams, but the discernment of Gordon Pell clarifies the situation and Margaret and John are reunited.
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