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In the midst of the Civil War, Maj. Gryffth Hockaday arrives at a Southern plantation to buy a mule. He is on a brief leave to bury his wife and nurse his infant son after a serious illness. He leaves the plantation with the mule and a new wife. After a two-day honeymoon, Gryffth is called back to his regiment, leaving Placidia to care for his son and his 300-acre farm. Two years later, Gryffth returns home to find that his wife had a child, clearly not his own. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More