Jacob Bomen is wealthy, and he has a lovely young wife. But illness pinned the old man to the bed, and the view from the window onto the street and his conversations with the servants are the only entertainment each day. During one of his talks with the housemaid, Bomen learned that she has a fiancé—his very own driver!
The young man was named Vic. The girls liked him, which did not please Francis—his fiancée. Francis said that in a fit of jealousy she could even kill. But then Bomen noticed that his young mistress and his personal driver had disappeared somewhere, and he kindly asked Francis to bring Vic a revolver so that he could fix it…