Summary
Mavis Cole's audacious escape from her grandfather's patriarchal grasp sets off a tangled web of deceit and betrayal, as she finds herself entangled with the duplicitous Herbert Whitman, whose dubious character and Machi.avenellian tactics threaten to destroy her reputation and liberty. As she navigates this treacherous landscape, Mavis seeks refuge with the young and impressionable Jimmy Ryder, precipitating a complex dance of identities, allegiances, and moral ambiguities that ultimately lead to a dramatic confrontation with the truth.
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Mavis Cole defies her grandfather and runs away with Herbert Whitman, a man of high social standing but poor character. Herbert plants a stolen necklace on Mavis and attempts to have her arrested when he comes under suspicion. Mavis seeks refuge in a hunting lodge with young Jimmy Ryder, and she claims to be Mrs. Ryder, Jimmy agrees to make the title legal. Meanwhile, Herbert bribes ex-convict Steve La Marche to steal a jewel from Dorothy Grosscup. Jimmy captures the thief, who at first refuses to confess. Dorothy accuses Mavis of the theft, but she is cleared by Steve, resulting in Herbert's arrest.
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