Adam Smith

Adam Smith is at a crisis point in his life. His wife Mary has died; it is the day of the funeral. Grief-stricken, Adam must now begin to pick up the pieces and search for a new role.

'You cannot separate body and spirit.. If the spirit is not my province, what in the name of God is?' Annie finds a young local girl, Margaret Carus, suffering an asthma attack and takes her home to the manse; Andrew Calvi, the local doctor, attends to her. But Adam also wants to help Margaret in his own way - a decision that leads him into a demarcation dispute with Dr. Calvi.

Having already clashed with Dr. Calvi over the plight of Margaret Carus, Adam turns detective to try to piece together her life story - starting with the local school. He is determined to find the cause of Margaret's illness, but Calvi asks him not to intervene in medical matters.

Adam is called in to help mend the marriage of David and Elizabeth Crichton. The call comes from an unlikely source: Dr. Andrew Calvi, usually the minister's harshest critic. The minister travels to Edinburgh to talk to David.

Following his attendance at a committee meeting Adam becomes involved in a protest against bad housing in Edinburgh. The complaint had been raised by Jamie Laidlaw and received little response, but Adam becomes passionately engaged in the battle.

David Crichton is in Edinburgh. Elizabeth has disappeared. Why, then, is there a light in the Crichtons' home at midnight? Adam goes to investigate, and finds a stranger in the house; he invites him to stay at the manse. Margaret Carus, meanwhile, starts her new job with Dr. Calvi.