The Fifth Commandment

Carl Winters is a teacher of music, at the New York College of Music. Among his pupils is Alice Winthrop, daughter of Stephen Winthrop, a banker. Carl and Alice are lovers. His employer, Director Bergh, witnesses a love scene between the two in the college. He dismisses Carl and informs the father of Alice of her love affair. The banker warns Alice that she must not see Winters again. The girl assures her father of Carl's honorable intentions and pleads to have him grant Winters an interview. The banker refuses. The girl tells Carl what has happened and that her father will leave the city with her for a long period. Carl asks her to become his wife. She consents and they are married. When Alice tells her father of her marriage, he orders her from his home. Carl and Alice spend their honeymoon in Carl's boarding house. Carl accepts an offer to become musical director in Rio De Janeiro. Alice promises to join him there as soon as he is established. Several months pass.