Peter, Horace's father, became imprisoned by the sudden death of a young man whom his wife Agnes, killed at the back of their house, in their house, in their little garden in Edinburgh. The great fear which the young man had caused in Agnes while with her pregnancy was much trying to rape her, struggling with her on the dusty garden ground, afraid she got hold of an iron hoe losing her mind and temper used it to hit on the young man severally until he got lose of his hold on her and was left dead with blood splashes on his head.Horace comes to life to face the challenges of his father's absence.