Lorelei Dauzet :  A girl from a rural upbringing, who defied her chances and married an intellectual. She was able to see the world, with all the good and evil that exists.

Her Mother in Law, Tensy, never cared for Lorelei's simple beginnings and makes her disgust known daily and without restraint. Lorelei, now widowed, finds herself in a place of power and questioning the bonds of duty she is tangled within.