S1 • E3 Mar 9, 1993 57m
Pushed by her God fearing relatives to accept the position as one of preacher John Wroe's virgins, non believer Hannah goes to live at the home but becomes impressed by a speech Wroe does against the mill industry. Witnessing a child being injured by machinery in a mill, she is horrified at conditions and the poverty of the workers and becomes convinced that action is what is needed in order to improve their people's lives. It brings her into conflict with the pessimistic Wroe, but gradually there grows an understanding between the two as her activism continues and his position thaws. But when Leah misinterprets a scene between the two when she spies them through the window one night, it is the catalyst for Wroe's downfall.
