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A play written in the early 20th century. The story follows Kustaa Saarenpää, a driven rural sawmill owner whose bold speculation and debts threaten his business and marriage to the sharp-tongued Katri. Local powerholder Kallio—and Kustaa’s former love Johanna—complicate matters as money, pride, and community standing collide. It’s a tense, character-led drama about ambition, debt, and betrayal on the edges of Finland’s timber