“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,” has yet to be disputed with sincerity. No matter how calloused the criminal, at some time or other he has felt the vise-like grip of compunction and wished that he had followed in the path of rectitude. Probably after a few minutes or hours, or even days of unhappy recollection, he may fall back into his old ways again, but nevertheless he has experienced the feeling he has heard the dictate of that indescribable something inside and unconsciously he finds himself admitting his guilt. We are all casuists unknowingly at one time or other, and in this story the woman is suddenly brought to a realization of her wrongdoing while she awaits the arrival of her paramour so they can elope. Dr. Yorke, a famous surgeon, because of his medical obligations, is unable to spend much time in his wife’s company. By force of circumstances he is obliged to refrain from attending the many social functions to which they are invited. His wife resents this and when Jack Cravin, Dr. Yorke’s cousin, arrives at the Yorke home for a brief visit she soon becomes infatuated with him and they plan to elope. As they are in close embrace. Dr. Yorke appears at the doorway and overhears their plans. He withdraws and goes to the hospital in answer to an emergency call. At the hospital he reflects and pictures their happy wedding and the indications of a happy companionship. His meditations are interrupted by the entrance of an orderly, who tells him that everything is ready in the operating room. In the meantime, Helen leaves the house with her handbag and is seen waiting patiently at a small station for Cravin. Dr. Yorke happens to pass Cravin on the road in his automobile, and stopping him, orders him to go through with the scheme. The doctor lurks in the background as Cravin meets Helen. She has had a change of heart while waiting there and Dr. Yorke hears her tell Cravin to take her back to her husband. The doctor leaves quickly and is home when Helen arrives in all her humiliation. As if wholly unconscious of what had taken place, he listens to her story and then accepts her back into the fold.