Eleanor Walton was born the last of three girls, but her mother had already left the family a few weeks earlier. For years, her father had tried to hide his wife's schizophrenia. But he banished her from his house before she could harm his own reputation. Pregnant and lost in her delusion, she gave birth to Eleanor in the middle of the forest and dropped her off at the court of the well-known and noble family. A few days later, merchants found her body in the woods. Eleanor was brought up with much love by a maid named Nora and later received this position herself. Even though she was on the verge of being suspended after being discovered by staff. In the family home, she is considered an orphan and no one knows that she has to hand over her hard-earned money to her father every week. He had managed to track her down a few months ago and since his trading business was no longer going so well, he saw in his daughter his new source of income. The alcoholic had always told her two sisters that she would be just as crazy as her mother. Since Nora, who raised her, became ill, Eleanor fears the loneliness every day.
