At a wedding gathering Theo's family erupts when they say he married the wrong woman—Susan Lang, the Phantom Healer's protégé, was expected. His new wife, Mrs. Wolfe, is called a country bumpkin. Mrs. Wolfe says she trained under a village doctor and saved an old man. Relatives mock her and curse Theo; when one man strikes her, he is suddenly struck by lightning through the roof. The household reels. The real Susan Lang is reportedly on her way, leaving everyone to reassess whom to accept.