The woman everyone affectionately calls 'La Folle' has never ventured beyond the bayou near her cabin.

What feelings lie behind a kiss?

Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars.

The events surrounding the birth of a child - the father a member of an important Louisiana family; the mother a woman found abandoned as a baby.

A Confederate soldier carries a locket around his neck.

Two sisters dream of restoring the old family home following the Civil War.

A woman hears news of her husband's death.

When an old college friend of her husband comes to stay, Mrs. Baroda likes him more than she expected, though she is not sure why.