Our story begins in a place called Ebron Heath on a Saturday afternoon Ebron Heath is a hill that is very detailed and colorful, it's a Saturday afternoon and the day is getting dark gloomy the author Thomas Heardy describes Heath as "The face of the Heath if dark and gloomy at night but full of life and colors during the day" he describes Heath as a place of hope and forgiveness. We transition to a man named riddleman who is walking on the road with an old man who is a hitchhiker who riddleman picked up on the road, the old man seemed to be lost and confused but knew where he was. Riddleman took the man to his van were awaited not his wife but good friend Eustica. Eustica is tough but not so much of a women, she acts more like a man and speaks like a man and riddleman is sort of helping out Eustica out of a jam that she has and taking her and the old man to Heath which is the natural place to relax and take a persons mind of things. But when they get there people are building bonfires on hill Heath to celebrate the Fourth of July. Riddleman is in love with Eustica as for Ebron he lusts Eustica but riddleman marry"s Eustica who is as Thomas Harry describes her as sweet and innocent yet manipulative. The two start a live in the town of Heath but riddleman"s acquaintances Charley and Thomasin Yeobright. Charley is a man who is very unsophisticated and unprofessional out of any situation. Charley has black hair glasses and is always worried about his appearance. Thomasin Yeobright is a woman who is good hearted innocent and kind yet seems genuinely attentive and had a soft spot for charley. She is like a sister to riddleman and is always looking out for what's best for riddleman in any situation. Even though riddleman is married to Eustica, riddlemans mom Mrs Yeobright does not care for Eustica and does not wish to live with or live with Eustica.                

Mrs  Yeobright thinks Eustica is a snake and a bad addition to the family, yet riddleman thinks she's the perfect woman for him. Riddlemans new marriage starts to creat friction between riddleman Mrs Yeobright and Eustica. Riddleman has dreams of staying in Heath and opening up a school to teach; yet Eustica has a dream of moving to Paris to start a new life somewhere else besides Heath. The married couple bicker on and on about what to do and end up having a feud and storm out of the house and riddleman goes to Mrs yeobrights house to talk. When he goes to Yeobrights house his mom tells riddleman that he is forbidden to stay with Eustica and to stay at her house until he can open the school to start teaching. Riddleman is furious and yells at Mrs Yeobright and says "how could you ma I love Eustica you know I do" and " I know what it is your da*ned like the rest of this town aren't you" and left Mrs Yeobrights house. Mrs Yeobright was in so much shock and pain of her sons words that she went into the desert and found a poisonous snake and let the snake bite her in her left arm under her elbow and slowly die in the desert. Charley is the first to know about Mrs Yeobrights death and tells riddleman about the tragedy that happens earlier in the day. Riddleman feels completely responsible for his mothers death and kills himslef by  driving  his van into a lake and drowns with Thomasin in the passenger seat who was told they were gonna go  "just drive around" but instead was the cause of her death as well. The death of Eustica was so affectionate towards charley that he too tired the same fate as riddleman and Thomasin but was saved by Eustica who had a clear visions of what was going to happen to charley. Charley became grateful of Eusticas actions and became very fond of her personality and well her looks and they both decided to move to Paris and Eustica became a maid in Paris and charley was a teacher who taught mostly the importance of friendship and love.