 With the upcoming fair approaching, Olivia is baking her cake with special icing, Ben is preparing his pet hog for a greased-pig catch, and Grandma is finishing a quilt for entry. An old beau of Olivia s, Oscar, is running for political office in Richmond, and plans to make a speech at the fair. Oscar s visit and thoughts about what her life would have been like had she married him make Olivia all the more certain that her life is a good one.