The Crucible of Life (1918)

After a brief and unhappy marriage Gladys Dale finds work as the companion to Diana Dorset the daughter of a society matron Mrs Dorset also has a spendthrift son Robert who makes a number of unwelcome advances to Gladys However with the arrival of Edwin Fairfax Mrs Dorsets younger brother Gladys finds a soul mate But then Fairfax has to report for duty in France being as World War I is going on and he leaves