Observationes Philologicae (1729)

Having been estranged from his family for years, James Witherspoon returns to the town of his birth for his motheras funeral. Old wounds are reopened as the secrets and lies of the past are exposed, forcing all those involved to face the hypocrisy in their lives. Jamesa return opens the proverbial Pandoraas Box as family members are forced to face what theyave done to one in order to protect another. A motheras past sin lives on as the family endeavors to hide it at all costs, even to the point of driving someone away who refused to live the lie.