Synopsis

Old Man Hemlock was a creature of sorrow, his days draped in a perpetual haze of grief for his departed wife. The farm echoed with his sighs, a mournful counterpoint to the crowing of the roosters and the lowing of the cattle. Otis, ever the optimist, sought to lift the old man's spirits, arranging a companion for him – a woman who promised sunshine to chase away the shadows. But this new presence brought not solace, but a different kind of despair. The woman, it turned out, harbored ambitio