Henry Lowe, head of the Lowe family, pleads for his two younger brothers — Ben, a border guard, and Sean, a scholar — to find happy marriages. A temple elder predicts destiny will arrive on the first snow. A blizzard grounds flights, forcing Henry onto a train and intensifying family pressure: his grandfather warns inheritance may go to Uncle Ian if Henry doesn't marry. Meanwhile men claiming a bride price drugged a fleeing woman and chase her into a building; she hides behind a stuck door. The repeated prophecy leaves both the marriage deadline and her fate unresolved.