A poor relative, Blanche Fuller, takes a governess position at the ancestral home of her wealthy cousins, now known as the Fury family. She schemes to become the mistress of the manor, but her secret passion for Philip Thorn, consumed by revenge, sets off a chain of devastating events, culminating in murder.
Blanche Fury
The widow of Allan Fury, childless and bereaved, leaves her vast estate to her Fuller relatives, while her illegitimate son, disguised as a servant, secretly plots to claim the inheritance for himself.