Haunted by his deceased first love, Major Harlan spoils his adoptted daughter Lily while treating his own family cruelly. On
Claire's birthday, her dying mother begs for aid only to be accuseed of faking illness. Claire secretly buries her mother and flees
with the ashes. The shocking truth comes to light in public. The aged IHarlan pleads for forgiveness, yet Claire refuses. She
consigns her mother's ashes to the sea, cutting all tragic ties.
