Duror is the estate's gamekeeper and forester who lives with his bedridden obese wife, Peggy. Mrs Lochie, Peggy's mother, also stays in the house to look after her daughter, but cannot stand Duror ...

A montage of Duror’s attraction towards Lady Runcie Campbell, whom he sees as perfect (in contrast to so much else around him that is ugly), is accompanied by a voiceover from the inspector ...