Money was tight in the farming communities around Fellburn in the 1880s, so when Hector Stewart announced to his children that he was to marry Moira Conelly, a 'wealthy' distant relative, it was young Daniel who guessed the purpose behind the proposed union But Moira, who was convinced she was marrying into landed gentry, had not been entirely honest about her background, and it was with some surprise that she arrived at the run down farm Then came some wide-ranging news and a family tragedy