The opening scenes in this two-reel production are memorable for their beautiful photography and general charm of settings. The love story is idyllic. Later, on leaving France for England, the husband's cold temperament asserts itself and the observer gets first hint of the tragic occurrences to follow. The wife and younger son have the French warmth of heart and the father and the elder son make a cold contrast to this. The scenes following the wife's death were well put on but seemed like part of another story. Rogers Lytton and Carlotta De Felice have the leads and Paul Kelly and Kenneth Casey play the boys' parts very intelligently. - The Moving Picture World, January 10, 1914