Pervus DeJong's death in So Big leaves Selina free to modernize his primitive approach to running their farm with lucrative results; Ondy Olszak's death combined with True Baldwin's frailty of health in American Beauty allow Orrange Olszak and Candace Baldwin to embark on a fresh start.
The confluence of these desires generated Temmie's soft spot for the much-abused Polish farmhand Ondy Olszak, and their eventual matrimony.