Blinded in a train accident James Driscoll Holmes Herbert whose wife Miriam Driscoll Belle Bennett has been having an affair with his young male secretary Phillip Kingston Carroll Nye regains his eyesight He keeps this from his wife who continues her affair Finally he invites his young niece Nancy Driscoll Josephine Borio in the hopes she will fall for Philip and viceversa His ploy works James reveals he can see again and husband and wife are reconciled