Now married, living on a sugar cane plantation, and working as a maid in Queensland, Meggie finds her new husband is more interested in his own work and dalliances than in her. She bears him a child but is still unable to change his ways. Meanwhile, Father de Bricassart has moved up in the Church hierarchy and eventually returns to Australia as a Cardinal. And in yet another uneasy reunion between himself and Meggie, he finally succumbs to temptation by consummating forbidden love and breaking his vow of chastity.
Elenco: Richard Chamberlain , Rachel Ward , Christopher Plummer , Bryan Brown , Brett Cullen , Stephanie Faracy , Barry Corbin , John de Lancie , Barbara Stanwyck , Piper Laurie , Earl Holliman , Philip Anglim , John Friedrich , Ken Howard , Richard Kiley , Mare Winningham , Chard Hayward , Sydney Penny , Rance Howard .