When Napoleon is banished to Elba, Armand, one of his daring young followers, escapes death and makes his way to his cousin's home in the south of France. En route, he is forced to enter a house to escape pursuing Royalist soldiers, and there he encounters Léonie. Upon learning he is a Bonapartist, she attempts to turn him over to the Royalists, but he escapes. Later, at the home of his cousin, De Grignon, disguised as a butler, he again meets and falls in love with Léonie. With the return of Napoleon, Léonie capitulates and admits her love for Armand.