There is a particularly strong situation in this picture, and the two leading characters have made the most of it. A murderer breaks out of jail. In his escape he enters private grounds. Seeing a window open in the residence he enters through it. It is a bedroom. The mistress of the house returns and prepares to retire. She sees in her mirror the face of the murderer, who is under her bed. As she has a description of the convict she recognizes the man. Calling her maid, she writes a note, repeating aloud what she pretends to write. Verbally she indicates that she is sending for money to be sent to her immediately. Actually she is writing to her lover, an officer of the police, telling him of her desperate situation. The picture depends on this scene for its value, but it is enough. The work of the leading woman and of the man who portrays the convict is of a high order. - The Moving Picture World, August 31, 1912
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