Petrina Faneuil ( Pauline Frederick ), a wealthy but lonely girl, marries a man of equal social status, Harry Vassall ( Leslie Austen ). Their friends Dick Lechmere ( Lou Tellegen ) and Felicia De Proney ( Helena D'Algy ) also marry, and thus begin a series of trials within the marriages and external social pressures that eventually cause both couples to divorce. After more misfortune and misery, Petrina and Harry are reunited; but Felicia dies, and Lechmere kills himself out of grief.