Mariana Pineda secretly embroiders a liberal flag for Don Pedro de Sotomayor, a member of a revolutionary movement in Granada in the 1800s. Mariana, a widow with two children, is in love with Don Pedro and helps him flee when he escapes from the authorities.

Pedrosa, a sinister city official, pursues the conspirators knowing that the embroidered flag found is Mariana’s, and tries to get her to agree to his amorous demands. She refuses and does not give in to his blackmail. She is imprisoned and confined in a convent.

A close friend begs her to reveal the conspirators to Pedrosa in exchange for her freedom, but she refuses. At all times she hopes that her beloved Don Pedro will come to free her, but ultimately she must accept her fate at the guillotine.

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