[1][2][3][4] As summarized in a film publication,[5] Priam Farll (Barrymore), England's noted artist, goes to Warsaw with his valet Henry Leek (Braidon) to escape Lady Sophia Entwhistle (Broske), who is bound to wed him.

He attends his own funeral in Westminster where he encounters Lady Sophia in deep mourning weeping bitterly.

Priam keeps the late valet's date which turns out to be with a widow who had answered Henry's matrimonial ad.

Lack of funds causes Priam to resume his painting, and when his work is recognized he refuses to admit his identity.

But when it develops that the late Leek had a wife and two children, who arrive and demand their rights, Priam begins to weaken and eventually proves that he is Priam Farll on the condition that his identity remain secret to protect against Lady Sophia's breach of promise suit.