The Sailor's Return

During Queen Victoria's reign a sailor, Bell, returns home from duty in Africa, bringing with him a native bride, Shodeinde. Using her dowry the couple set up an inn in the English countryside, but the locals don't accept the black woman into their community. Bell fights with his sister and the local pastor over his love for Shodeinde, and the couple slowly drift apart. Soon their money runs out, and their newborn son dies. Finally Bell is killed in a fight with a local, and Shodeinde is forced to send her surviving son back to Africa. She herself is denied passage, however, and lives out her days as a maidservant in the inn she formerly owned. THE SAILOR'S RETURN ...