


Their son, Harry, is expected to follow in his footsteps, but the boy has dreams of his own, like pursuing the new adventure of aerial flight. With her family's fortune, her husband, William, has made significant additions to the estate, but he too feels bound-by the obligations of his title as well as his vows. Lady of the house Octavia Cavendish lives like a bird in a gilded cage.

It is a way of life marked by rigid rules and lavish rewards, governed by unspoken desires. For the Cavendish family, Rutherford Park is much more than a place to call home. Snow had fallen in the night, and now the great house, standing at the head of the valley, seemed like a five-hundred-year old ship sailing in a white ocean.
