Smilin' Through

1915. Elderly Sir John Carteret believed his life had long been over following the death of his one true love, Moonyean Clare, when they were standing at the altar in 1868, that is until Moonyean's niece Kathleen, the daughter of Moonyean's sister, entered his life. Sir John assumed custody of Kathleen when she was approaching five years old following the death of her own parents. Kathleen, now a young woman in the spitting image of her long deceased aunt who she never knew, is the apple of Sir John's eye. Being courted by stiff Willie Ainley, Kathleen instead falls in love with American Kenneth Wayne, who is in Britain en route to France to fight in the war. Sir John does not support Kathleen and Kenneth's love and want to get married as Kenneth's father, Jeremy Wayne, whom Kenneth never really knew as his father died when Kenneth was a child, was the direct cause of Moonyean's death. As much as she wants to abide by her uncle's wishes, Kathleen cannot deny her continued love for Kenneth. Beyond these circumstances, what happens between Kathleen and Kenneth is affected by the war. The question becomes what factor eternal love plays, especially in what happens in this human world as opposed to the afterworld.