The answer to your question is Sarah Penn: Patient, hard-working farm wife and mother. She respects her husband and apparently loves him. However, because he spends his profits as a farmer on new buildings and new animals to the neglect of the small and poorly furnished home in which the Penn family lives, Sarah decides one day to rebel against his rule in order to provide the family a new home. Adoniram Penn: Sarah's husband. He ignores the needs of his family in favor of the needs of his farm. When his wife attempts to persuade him to think more about improving their living conditions and less about improving the farm, he obstinately refuses even to discuss the subject. Nanny: Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Penn. Samuel: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Penn. Mr. Hersey: Minister. Hiram: Mrs. Penn's brother, who lives in Vermont. Rufus: Farm helper. Young Hired Hand: Farm helper. George Eastman: Fiancé of Nanny. Laborers: Three men digging a cellar for a new barn. Villagers