New York City, 1963 finds Robert Petrie and wife Laura being pursued by an Englishman. Rob reflects on an earlier time when his need to watch first surfaced.
A young, sexually experienced and dominant college girl exercises her power over a young man so naive and so desperate for the pleasures of a woman that he doesn't know to question her peculiar desires, and wouldn't dare disobey her if he did.
Jenny and her husband are having difficulty coming up with their share of expenses to farm their tennant's land after a drought the year before and tractor payments. They are in jeopardy of losing their farm if they can't work out a deal with their tenant, who is a former lover of Jenny's.