Spoiled, strong-willed New Orleans belle engaged to banker Preston Dillard. Her defiant choice of a red gown at the Olympus Ball shocks society and leads to their broken engagement. After a year of seclusion, she returns to find Pres married to Amy. Jealous, she instigates a duel between her admirer Buck Cantrell and Pres's brother Ted, which results in Buck's death. During a deadly yellow fever epidemic, she nurses the ailing Pres and convinces Amy to let her replace her at the Lazaret Island quarantine.
Buck holds deep romantic devotion toward Julie, which she exploits for her own ends.
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