A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.