[ In a proper upper class, Catholic household, two young blonde girls watch excitedly as their mother births a new baby bother into their world. Unlike any others in the family, he's raven haired, and his mother suffers dearly for her adulterous acts by her husband's firm hand and demeaning words. William's spared no less, but the apathy of the young boy towards his "father's" disgust in him quickly tires the man. Besides, the family needs an heir to the prosperous business he'd built from the ground up, and with only daughters to his name, the bastard child is renamed and raised to be the future face of the company.
A marriage is arranged between William and the daughter of a competing company's owner, with the intent to merge into a larger company with a firmer grip on the London economy. But, William hardly cares for the woman, refusing any intimacy.
However, one day when William sat in a local park, deciding to take his lunch in a more peaceful setting, away from the demands of his "father". A woman approaches, meekly asking if he wouldn't mind sharing the table with someone of lower class, as all the others in the park were occupied. He allows it, hardly interested or caring of her status. The woman finds his acceptance relieving, if not a bit endearing, and chances polite conversation with him. The next day is much the same, and before he knows it, William's listening with intrigue about the woman's likes and dislikes, her job as a seamstress, her dreams of singing at the grand theaters of London. One day, when she fails to show her face at the park, William even goes so far as to fetch the woman some lunch and visit the tailor's shop where she works. It was the first time he'd ever felt something other than apathy towards another.
He manages the affair for a time, sneaking the woman into his bed when his wife visits with family for extended weekends. As expected of such acts, history repeats itself. The Camden household has another bastard child on the way and William makes plans to move his lover and their unborn child away from the wrath of his "father", should he ever find out.
It doesn't take long. His wife returns early from her trip, finding her husband's lover laying where she vowed to be. In honesty, she hardly cares of the meaning behind it, as she'd never loved him, either. It's out of spite that she retaliates, attacks the woman and leaves her bleeding on the floor for William to walk in upon. She's miscarried and on the verge of death, herself, having been struck on the head with a heavy iron hammer. It's the most emotion William's ever felt in his entire life. Rage, sorrow, but not an ounce of remorse as he uses his wife's own weapon against her, bludgeoning her to death with the end of the tool.
His lover doesn't last much longer, and with little thought behind it, William retrieves a pistol he had stored in the lower drawer of his armoire. The final frame shows William taking her hand as the gun's barrel is placed between his lips. ]
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A marriage is arranged between William and the daughter of a competing company's owner, with the intent to merge into a larger company with a firmer grip on the London economy. But, William hardly cares for the woman, refusing any intimacy.
However, one day when William sat in a local park, deciding to take his lunch in a more peaceful setting, away from the demands of his "father". A woman approaches, meekly asking if he wouldn't mind sharing the table with someone of lower class, as all the others in the park were occupied. He allows it, hardly interested or caring of her status. The woman finds his acceptance relieving, if not a bit endearing, and chances polite conversation with him. The next day is much the same, and before he knows it, William's listening with intrigue about the woman's likes and dislikes, her job as a seamstress, her dreams of singing at the grand theaters of London. One day, when she fails to show her face at the park, William even goes so far as to fetch the woman some lunch and visit the tailor's shop where she works. It was the first time he'd ever felt something other than apathy towards another.
He manages the affair for a time, sneaking the woman into his bed when his wife visits with family for extended weekends. As expected of such acts, history repeats itself. The Camden household has another bastard child on the way and William makes plans to move his lover and their unborn child away from the wrath of his "father", should he ever find out.
It doesn't take long. His wife returns early from her trip, finding her husband's lover laying where she vowed to be. In honesty, she hardly cares of the meaning behind it, as she'd never loved him, either. It's out of spite that she retaliates, attacks the woman and leaves her bleeding on the floor for William to walk in upon. She's miscarried and on the verge of death, herself, having been struck on the head with a heavy iron hammer. It's the most emotion William's ever felt in his entire life. Rage, sorrow, but not an ounce of remorse as he uses his wife's own weapon against her, bludgeoning her to death with the end of the tool.
His lover doesn't last much longer, and with little thought behind it, William retrieves a pistol he had stored in the lower drawer of his armoire. The final frame shows William taking her hand as the gun's barrel is placed between his lips. ]