Robert is working in Oxford and sending money home whilst Ruby Pratt has returned from Pontefract after splitting with her gentleman friend Gabriel Cochrane, whose wife has died and whose foundry has been repossessed by the bank, comes to Candleford, penniless, and Dorcas employs him in her forge where the work interests Sydney After Edmund has collected money from Robert at the post office, he arrives home saying he has been robbed The whole village rallies round Emma
雷蒙德·巴隆是纽约一家体育报社的记者他与妻子戴博拉四岁的女儿艾利以及一对两岁的双胞胎迈克和杰夫里一起住在纽约长岛一栋宽敞漂亮的房子里雷蒙德在工作上取得的优异成就和宽容风趣的性格让他成为家人的骄傲以及所有人爱戴的对象；贤妻良母型的全职母亲戴博拉的精心经营更让这个年轻的五口之家成为美国三好家庭的文明典范……
