Desc: Chained to the Past: Colonel Vernon meets an old sweetheart whom he had not seen for twenty years, Madame Rosa Alba. Memories of old are revived and they are married. While they are on their honeymoon the Colonel's mother dies, having cursed in silence she who held her son away from her deathbed. When they returned the old lady had been buried and Rosa felt she was in some measure to blame for the blow that had fallen on Colonel Vernon. Sgt. Michael, of the Colonel's regiment, wishes to marry Mignon, a singer at a café. The Colonel forbids the marriage, and the lovers are terribly upset. Mignon interviews the Colonel, but cannot change his decision. Madame Vernon comes into the room as the interview concludes. Mignon appeals to her, but she can do nothing. Following the death of her husband's mother and the undeserved censure showered upon her, the interview has a serious effect upon Rosa, who leaves her husband and shortly afterward dies in Venice.