Emma is the daughter of a widower, and the early scenes show her engagement to Henri, and young man of wealth. Emma has a secret sorrow in the plight of her only sister, who has been turned away from home by her father, as the result of a marriage to which he was opposed. A message reaches Emma, telling her of the illness of this sister, and she goes to her in the poor lodging where she lives with her baby. In the midst of the festivities associated with the signing of the marriage contract with Henri, she receives another message, telling her of the death of her sister. Emma is married, but she still makes her dead sister's child her particular care, although she tells her husband nothing of her secret. While paying a visit to the boy in the country, he finds a note from the woman she has put in charge of the child, speaking of the eagerness with which the latter looks forward to her visit. The husband follows the wife, sees her enter the cottage, and leave with the little boy. He follows the two to the graveyard. A glance at the inscription on the stone tells him the truth; he asks his wife's forgiveness, and her permission to take the boy into their house.
—Bioscope - July 4, 1912