The Two Orphans (1911)

REEL ONE Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her A child is born Louise the blind girl Dianes father kills her husband and forces her to marry the Count de Linieres who remains ignorant of Louises existence Louise is placed in the keeping of a peasant woman who has a child of her own Henriette Eighteen years later the peasant woman dies and the two orphans start for Paris The day they arrive in Paris the Marquis de Preales notices Henriette and decides to kidnap her Henriette rescues Marianne an outcast from suicide Henriette is abducted by the Marquis Marianne in order to escape from Jacques Frochard surrenders to the Gendarmes Louise left alone starts toward the river and is saved from falling into the water by Pierre Frochard a brother of Jacques La Frochard an old woman beggar lives with her two sons Louise now falls into their hands The Marquis has brought Henriette to a garden fete given in honor of the Chevalier