Field Marshal Berteaux introduces his beautiful daughter to the Duke Choumont, with a view to marriage. The young lady is, however in love with the Marshal's Aide de Camp, Count Clairvaux. Their secret meetings in the garden of the ...See moreField Marshal Berteaux introduces his beautiful daughter to the Duke Choumont, with a view to marriage. The young lady is, however in love with the Marshal's Aide de Camp, Count Clairvaux. Their secret meetings in the garden of the Marshal's palace form a series of fine pictures. Another striking picture shows Adrienne forced by her father to accept the duke. The young aide-de-camp enters the room in time to see the hated betrothal. Then follows an affecting parting scene in secret between the lovers. The marriage to the count takes place and a year after the young aide-de-camp is sent by the Field Marshal with an anniversary present to his daughter. Again the lovers meet and their love is rekindled. The young Count impudently sends a letter to Adrienne concealed in a bouquet of flowers. This is discovered by her husband, who arms himself with two pistols, one loaded and the other empty. He makes his young wife choose the one her lover shall tight with. She selects without knowing the empty weapon, and in the duel which follows, her lover is shot by her husband. Written by
Kinematograph Weekly - January 27, 1910
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