At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of danger, with Hilton recalling a case in which he was involved as a Natal police commissioner. In it there were three guilty persons, but only one of them was hanged; the other two were sentenced to long terms, vowing vengeance on Hilton. Unknown to him, the same two men are now among his guests, and are determined to have their revenge.

To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has in fact allowed the truth to slip out and now he is danger of being arrested.

An Earl's daughter is torn between loving opposing parliamentary candidates.

Three victims plot to murder a retired informer.

A girl is accused when her father kills a blackmailer to save his son.

A clan chief seeks revenge on the jealous Duke who outlawed him.

A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.

A rich man's worship of his first wife ends when he learns their son is a bastard.

A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through with "the deed".

An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.

A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor.

An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.

A man buys a farm to stop his rich father from evicting the farmer's daughter.

Follow Waffles the dog, as he enters quarantine, after arriving in England on the Queen Mary with his owner.

A rich coster's daughter loves a steward who is blamed for killing a blackmailing tramp.