Grigory's Misfortunes Followed His Father's.

Gregory was a young lout who worked with his father in the carriageman's trade. He had met a peasant girl named prescovia, and something had drawn the two together. But grigory's misfortunes also followed his father's. His little son died of scarlet fever. If yephim and anna had somehow made their peace with the grief of losing children, it seems that pain sent gregory out to find answers.