Gillian Dean

A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.

An American on his honeymoon in Paris, organises the kidnapping of his interfering mother-in-law.

Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille steps in, though it becomes apparent that he actually is not an advocate but Kitty's lover and moreover confesses the murder. The widow has to admit that the pictures by her deceased spouse sell much better, only for him to suddenly appear alive.