The dogged defense of George Lambert, a good and gentle man, by Max, his friend, when Hilda- George's wife- is found murdered and the lack of evidence of any other suspect besides George prompts his arrest by the Yard. Through Max's relentless research, present and past, he gets a cumulative and concerted characterization of Hilda, an impossibly exasperating woman, is led to the romance she had tried to resurrect and the demise she had deserved... Bright.