n love with the pretty nice of 8 named

Hetty

Sorrel.

Hetty

is a woman of a very shallow nature. Moreover, she has a softcorner for the heir of the village squire (

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) namely
Arthur-
Donnithorn
e
.
Arthur
is a childhood f
riend of
Adam
. He is a good
man but is of a
weak moralcha
racter and cann
ot resist the ch
arm of
Hetty
. Unknown to
Adam
,
Arthur
and
Hetty
meet in the wo
ods in the cotta
ge which
 Arthur
has furnished f
or living. Ata bi
rthday party,
Arthur
has paid great
attention to
Hetty
, so that she sta
rtedthinking to
live a life of wit
h
Arthur
and of the char
ms of that such
a life wouldpro
vide. Naturally,
the offer of
Adam
now means not
hing to vain
Hetty
.
Arthur
and
Hetty
are once surpri
sed in the woo
ds by
Adam
, who happenst
o pass that way
just when two
lovers are bend
ing down for a
kiss.
Adam
getsangry to se
e that he is bei
ng betrayed by
his best friend.
He forces a figh
t on
Arthur
and knocks him
unconscious. I
n fact, for a tim
e it appears to
Adam
thathe has kille
d
Arthur
.
 Adam
insists that the
affair must end
at once. He for
ces
Arthur
to write a letter
to
Hetty,
in which he inf
orms her that t
heir love-
affairmust not
continue.
Hetty
is shocked to fi
nd all her drea
ms turning to d
ust and