The Man and the Moment (1918)

To escape forced marriage, Sabine Dalberg and Michael Aranstoun agree, at their first meeting, to marry each other and then part. The marriage takes place secretly in the chapel of Aranstoun castle. At the wedding supper Michael, intoxicated by Sabine's loveliness and the knowledge that she is his, crushes her in his arms. In the morning she is gone. Michael searches for her for many months, but without success. Michael's closest friend is Henry Fordyce who, while knowing of Michael's strange marriage, does not know the girl's name. Fordyce is engaged to be married and takes Michael to meet his fiancée, who is Sabine. Each thinking it is for the others' happiness, a divorce is agreed upon. Then Fordyce accidentally discovers that Sabine is Michael's wife and that they love each other and he brings them together.