Mr. Smith leaves the Eihon family to continue his research in a distant town. There, he meets a young widow names Tarasu who offers to let the Englishman stay with her small family. But Smith is not met with the same hospitality he enjoyed at the Eihons' home, and the suspicions of Tarasu's uncle soon land Smith in prison. Far from his friends and even farther from home, Smith's outlook seems grim.
