Soon after, she falls in love with handsome Roger Hector who carefully hides his association with the underworld.

The theatre manager is still willing to marry Hilde, but only if she abandons her child, a condition she can not accept.

Hilde thinks she may be the cause of Egon's bad tendencies and again Death tempts her but she rejects the temptation.

When Egon becomes an adult and Hilde, who is almost ruined by his expensive tastes, refuses to give him more money, he turns into a criminal.

The première was held in Berlin on 31 August 1917 and received very positive review in particular regarding the acting of Mia May and Georg John.