Brothers are supposed to be kind...
The hand of fortune intervenes when a letter arrives advising Catherine that a stranger has bequeathed to her "a home and money to keep it." Catherine seizes upon this chanc.
He has maligned her reputation until no honorable man will seek her company, wasted her dowry and endangered her home with his gambling and now his new wife has made it clear Catherine is no longer welcome.
Catherine Walman\'s brother, however, is not. protective. supportive... caring...
Brothers are supposed to be kind..