It was with a mixture of pleasure and regret that Marie Todd arrived from New York to spend Thanksgiving at the family home in Renfrew. Her two brothers and her sister had gathered at the old homestead, too -- and all were there to discuss the sale of Renfrew seemingly necessitated by Mr. Todd’s enforced early retirement. Marie soon learned that other problems were brewing in the once-placid family. Only Jack Baird, a young psychology professor boarding with the Todd’s, seemed unperturbed and ready with a solution -- not only for not selling the house but for also providing Marie with a new outlook on life.