Autumn. Isak breaks wild land. Inger, who has left her clan, finds him struggling. They begin a life, find love. Inger has a cleft palate. Inger is terrified her children will look like her. Their 3rd is born with a cleft palate. She kills it. Is imprisoned. Isak toils without her. When she returns, she can read, sew, and has undergone surgery. Is free to make money. The struggle to save their love now begins.