- Ernest Haven, a red blooded passionate natured man, marries Edith, who is his direct opposite. Years pass and they drift. Ernest frets at her lack of ardor. Still on one of their anniversaries he buys her the usual bunch of white roses. In the florist's shop he meets Eleanor Tempest, a vivacious brunette, who is buying red roses. The sight of her actions lead Ernest's thoughts into a dangerous channel. Glances pass between them and put them upon a footing of mutual understanding. That evening he again tries to break down his wife's reserve, but she rebukes him and deeply hurt he draws back into his shell of boredom. Their little boy is the only thing that sheds a ray of light in the home circle. Later Ernest and Eleanor meet again and their acquaintance ripens into an infatuation. On one occasion he 'phones two orders to the florist, one for white roses for his wife and the other red for Eleanor. The boy mixes the orders and it is then that Edith learns of the existence of the other woman. A quarrel follows and Ernest, in brutal terms, tells why the other woman attracts him. A divorce is granted and Ernest marries Eleanor. Long after when he has had a baby by his second wife he meets Edith's son and the boy refuses to embrace his father because he is making his mother unhappy. The boy becomes ill and at the suggestion of the doctor Edith sends for Ernest. He goes to the old house and with his first wife they sit up all night until the crisis has passed. Ernest becomes discontented with conditions and he finds himself drifting back to his old home through the agency of his son. Finally Edith tells him that his presence is unbearable and that they must part again. Meanwhile Eleanor has formed an intimacy with another man and one night goes to a ball with him when the baby should have had her care. Ernest returns home late and finds the frantic maid alone with the dead child. Eleanor is called by phone and receives a scathing calling from her husband and the breach becomes permanent. This is further increased when he finds his wife in the man's arms later, and has him thrown out of the house. Edith's boy writes his father to please come back to them and make mamma well. Eleanor gets the note first and opens it. The boy's pleading strikes a responsive chord in her womanly nature and she resolves to repair the damage she has done. She goes to the house for forgiveness and there finds Edith and Ernest in each other's arms. Outside she meets her lover and goes with him in his auto. Returning to his home Ernest receives a message informing him that the auto has been wrecked and Eleanor is dead. With the light of a new understanding, Edith and Ernest seal a new pact of marital happiness with a lover's kiss.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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