Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: French musician Paul Renard confesses to priest Haunted by memory of Walter Holderlin, Fact2: Holderlin found on dead man 's body letter, Fact3: Paul travels to Germany to find family, Fact4: son 's Elsa identifies him as man, Fact5: man has been leaving flowers on Walter 's grave
Output (English): Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard Phillips Holmes confesses to a priest Frank Sheridan, who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead mans body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family. As antiFrench sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin Lionel Barrymore initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his sons fiancee Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walters grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did. Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa Nancy Carroll. When she shows Paul her former fiances bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walters parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walters violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.