- Helene de la Croix, an aristocrat of a proud and passionate disposition, has been brought up to look upon the peasants as little more than cattle. Bernard, a blacksmith, conceives a passion for her. She is storm stayed in an old hunting lodge, which is struck by lightning, and Bernard rescues her from the burning building. Her castle is besieged by the Revolutionary soldiers. Bernard, now a sergeant in the army, pleads for her, renounces his allegiance to the Republic, espouses her cause, and chooses death with her rather than freedom without her.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- Helene de la Croix aristocrat and owner of large estate near the Loire, is of a proud and passionate disposition and has been brought up to look on the peasants she rules as little more than cattle, and as such she treats them. Bernard, a blacksmith on her estate, who, by means of the literature of the day has imbibed the doctrine that all men are equal. He has often seen the countess and conceives a passion for her. One day as she is riding over her estates, attended by a retinue of servants, her horse casts a shoe, she stops at Bernard's forge to have the shoe replaced, and finds the blacksmith reading "Rousseau's Contract Social." She snatches his book from him and berates him for reading it. Upon leaving she offers him money, which he refuses, she accidentally drops her handkerchief, he picks it up and places it in the bosom of his shirt as a cherished talisman. A short time after these incidents, she is storm stayed in an old hunting lodge, which is struck by lightning, and Bernard rescues her from the burning building. She wishes to reward him, she calls him to her castle and offers him money, which he refuses, telling of his love for her. She commands her servants to cast him out from her gates. Some years later, her castle is besieged by the Revolutionary soldiers, her servants fly, but she refuses to leave her home. She falls into the hands of Garriere, the leader of the Revolutionists. He offers her and her cousin Cyril freedom and life, if they will embrace the cause of the Republic. Cyril accepts, Helene refuses and defies him. Bernard, now a sergeant in the army, pleads for her. Garriere refuses to listen, thereupon Bernard renounces his allegiance to the Republic, espousing the cause of the Countess. Awaiting their doom, Bernard is given a last opportunity to rejoin the Republic, he chooses death with Helene. She tells him he is a man, and she loves him. They plight their troth, and they are led to the guillotine happy in each others' love.—The Film Index synopsis
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