After much struggling and loss in love and
in
the world of
man, the protagonist throws in
his lot with a woman who is already
married.
Together
they go into another country, she
perforce leaving her children behind.
The
conflict of
love and hate goes on between the
man and the woman, and between these
two
and the world
around them, till it reaches
some sort of conclusion, they transcend
into
some
condition of blessedness