Guy Fenton, a medical student, is addicted to gambling. After a long evening at the card tables he finds himself absolutely at the end of his resources. He resolves to break into the house of Mr. Harding, who, by repute, is a rich man. Two days before Mr. Harding asked his nephew, Rupert, to spend a few weeks with him. Fenton manages to make his entry, and discovers a large sum of money. He hastens to retreat, when Rupert grapples with the intruder. Guy manages to escape. That evening Guy books a passage to America and departs. Ten years pass. After the robbery Rupert and Sybil Harding make their home permanently with their uncle. Rupert, while experimenting in chemistry, is rendered totally blind. Guy Fenton as soon as he arrives in America devotes himself to his studies. The eyes have always been his specialty. He returns to the old country. In London he is introduced to Sybil Harding. In the end he is accepted as her future husband. When Sybil learns, that her lover is an oculist she begs him to try and see if he can do something for her brother. Guy recognizes that his sweetheart’s brother is none other than the man who so nearly captured him ten years before. The operation is duly performed. When the day comes for the bandages to be removed he writes Sybil a hurried line, saying that he has been unexpectedly called away on an urgent case, and that, therefore, the bandages must be removed by the nurse. On the removal of the bandages it is proved that the operation is a success. Rupert is shown the photograph of the man who is going to marry his sister, and to whom he owes his sight. In the meantime Guy has come to learn his fate. There is a moment’s hesitation, and then Rupert steps forward and grasps him by the hand. Smiling he looks straight into the other’s eyes, and in a flash Guy realizes that he has been permitted to atone.