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This drama was based on the play by John Hunter Booth, which was adapted from the popular novel by Anna Katherine Green. In his cinematic debut, Guy Bates Post reprises the dual role he played on-stage. John Loder (Post) looks exactly like his cousin, John Chilcote (also Post), who is a member of Parliament. Because of his dissolute ways, Chilcote collapses, and Loder is called in to take his place so that the family honor can remain unsullied. Loder's masquerade is so successful that no one suspects him of being an impostor, not even Chilcote's estranged wife, Eve (Ruth Sinclair). Loder distinguishes himself with his actions, both in public and private, while the real Chilcote sinks further into the gutter until he finally dies. Loder decides to remain as John Chilcote, and marries Eve, who, up until Loder reveals his true identity, has believed she was falling in love with her husband all over again.