A Wife on Trial (1917)

Phyllis Narcissa an underpaid childrens librarian eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace de Guenther one of her patrons and happily entertains his invalid wife Later Mrs de Guenther encourages Phyllis to meet with Mrs Harrington a dying rich woman whose son Allan once a vigorous young man was paralyzed in an auto accident When Mrs Harrington proposes to the librarian that she marry and take care of Allan in exchange for his wealth Phyllis reluctantly consents While struggling to cheer up the eternally gloomy Allan Phyllis welcomes the visits of his friend a doctor who informs her that her husbands paralysis may be psychosomatic