In Africa a typist is framed for killing a diamond smuggler who betrayed her father.

Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

An armament king's wife kills herself to save her MP lover from a divorce scandal.

An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. Subsequently, she has an affair with a painter named Amadis de Jocelyn, who later dumps her.

A lady gambler shields her brother by claiming responsibility for a forgery he committed.