The People of the Mist Chapter 1 - The Sins of the Fathers are Visited on the Children

In which a young gentleman named Leonard Outram stands before the ancestral home recently lost to misfortune, grappling with the heavy weight of familial disgrace and the shattering auction of his inheritance. He seeks to secure his future through the hand of the Reverend Beach’s daughter, Jane, only to confront the stern, cold realities of pride and social ambition that threaten to sever their tender engagement.