The story concludes in dramatic fashion as Bernice tries to manipulate the situation while Dominick struggles to free himself from her so he can marry Rose.
Kenyon Ruyland, the son of a wealthy family of New England industrialists, marries Frederika and thereby incurs the wrath of his Aunt Augusta, the elderly and iron-willed head of the Ruyland clan.
A French novel in which a wife revolts against a domineering husband who views her as a mere appendage of himself. The novel revolves around the struggle of a husband to forgive an errant and repentent wife.