The good rain did come at daybreak as predicted. It is beneficial to the crops and vegetables at the first stage of their growth.

Father Ralf has been madly in love with Miss Maggie. But he falsely persuades her to forget him and marry an ideal husband. Then he leaves so long and never returns until the fire in Drogheda. He departs again after the funeral of Paddy and Stu. Maggie feels deserted and heartbroken and rashly marries Luke, a shearer hired on the farm, who looks like Ralf in her eyes, without informing the priest. Soon she is in deep remorse for her rashness in marriage when she is maltreated. Her pride keeps her from telling her family any of her sufferings outside.