Who'll Save the Plowboy?

The one that saved his life is about to die and he comes to visit the Plowboy for some final affirmation to content himself that he did one good, lasting thing in his life. He finds a man who has failed at farming and everything else, including marriage

He had a child and named him after the visitor, but he was a mongoloid. He tries, but Plowboy is not able to deceive his friend. Indeed, it is the Plowboy who is deceived throughout life by his wife with the bachelor upstairs; by his belief in his own abilities and by every one at every turn

When the visitor sees the truth and leaves, Plowboy is even deceived in thinking that he has happily deceived him

"A starkly taut, clear cut drama painful in its insights, poignant in its subtleties" ~ N.Y. Herald Tribune