In 1850 year when people were completely miserable and poor in Paris, the capital of France, the people were completely oppressed. Everything was available to the rich, even education was only for rich and noble families. Mary Maulen was young girl who lived in her poor family's home with her mother, her sick father, and her two sisters, Anna and Angelia. Mary was on a farm watering plants She saw a handsome, golden-haired young man riding around on his white horse.