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Lucy begins dating Herb Orrison after she moves with her children to Baltimore. Herb works for the railroad and makes a good living. He is a kindly, quiet man, and he marries Lucy. He tries to befriend his new stepson, Russell, but Russell is offended that he's been replaced as the man of the house. Russell ignores Herb as much as he can, tries to engineer conversations that will humiliate the undereducated Herb, and refuses to go to ballgames or learn to drive with Herb.