Summary

The husband sits by the fire musing over his married life and what might have been. He gets up and goes to the window to look out into the night. Across the yard in his neighbors' house, he sees two children being put to bed by their parents. The wife neglects her married life for social affairs. The husband sees her bidding an affectionate good night to a man who is in love with her. When she comes in he suggests that they be divorced, saying that their union has been without issue. He shows her the happy family. A poor woman leaves her baby on the doorstep of the home.