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Marie,thedaughterofEmileDeSeverac,anovelist,ishomefromtheconvent.SheisbetrothedtoGeorgeRenoir,anartistfriendofherfather,whoisdevotedlyinlovewithher.Mariehassuddenlydevelopedflirtatioussymptomsandtowarnandguardheragainstthetroublesheislikelytocreateforherselfandothers,unlesssheceasesherfolly,DeSeveractellshertheplotofhisunpublishedstory,"BlackOrchids."Zoraidaisasorceresswhoseonlyaiminlifeseemstobetheentanglementofmeninhermeshes.SebastianDeMaupinisenviousofhissonIvan,whoistemporarilyinZoraida'sfavor,andtogetridoftheyouthfulloverthefatheruseshisinfluencetohavehisboysenttothefrontlineofbattleinthewarthenraging.SebastianDeMaupin,thinkinghimselfnowinsolepossessionofZoraida'saffections,introduceshertoMarquisDeChantal,arichandhandsomenobleman,uponwhomZoraidaturnsherattentions.EnragedbecauseZoraidaseemstohaveabandonedhim,DeMaupinarrangedadinneratwhichheplanstopoisonDeChantalandbethusridofhisrival.ZoraidachangesthecupsandDeMaupindrinksthepoisonedbrew,dyinginstantly.Ivannowcomeshomefromwar,woundedinbody,butstillfiredinhisheartwithloveforZoraida.ThewretchquicklyturnsheraffectionsagaintowardIvan,creatingjealousyinDeChantal'sheart,andaduelresults.IvaninflictswhatisbelievedtobeafatalwounduponDeMaupinandgoeswithZoraidatoanestateDeChantalhasbequeathedtoherinawillhemadewhenthecountwasbaskinginthewoman'sfavor.DeChantalisindeedfatallywounded,butliveslongenoughtoavengehimselfuponthefickleZoraidaandheryouthfullover.InthecastleDeChantalhehaswilledtoZoraidaisanair-tightvaultandtherethecountcausesthewomanandherlovertobeentrapped,wheretheymustdieofsuffocation,whileDeChantalatlastexpiresofhiswound,uponthedoorsillofthelivingtombofZoraidaandIvan.WhenEmileDeSeverachasfinishedthenarrative,hisdaughter,Marie,ispenitentandremorseful,becauseshehasgivenhersweetheartpain,andtheoncefickleandflirtatiousgirllivesnowwithhereyesopentothedangerofherfolly.
