functions. He does research on crops and soil and applies these finding with great success. He has a good business mind and his land prospers. It turns out Charles' fianc has a younger sister Gabrielle who is famous for her beauty and charm, at the time she meets Andr she is sixteen. She is spoiled, vain, and used to having her own way: she has made Andr the object of her desires, with the ultimate goal of marrying him. Andr also has a good neighbor with a sweet and charming young daughter who is not of marriageable age when they meet but who develops deep feelings for Andr. She secretly harbors feeings of love for Andr and wishes to marry him when she reaches the proper age ... Andr is caught between two women, Gabrielle, who will provide him with a good dowry now, to meet his immediate needs, who comes from a good Creole family for whom he feels affection but not necessarily love ... and Julie, a young lady not yet of marriageable age, for whom he has a more loving feeling, whom he enjoys being with but for whom he would have to wait until she reaches maturity. He thinks Julie is young and might yet change her feelings towards him as she grows older. Andr proposes to Gabrielle and marries her. They are an ideal couple on the surface, who seem to have everthing anyone could want to start a wonderful life. It turns out Gabrielle