Abel Chester had a brilliant future ahead of her: talented, rich, well-educated, and, finally, simply beautiful. However, Abel married a classmate and left New York with him for a small village lost in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Her parents considered her choice unfortunate. Their daughter's marriage to some Jake Wedgeworth, who did not belong to their circle, was hated by them. But the young people lived very happily until Abel's husband died in an accident in the mountains. The young woman became isolated in her grief; it seemed to her that happiness would never knock on her door. However, Fate decided otherwise...