Synopsis

The second of three plays chronicling the saga of the Dunsmuirs. Robbie Dunsmuir cuts a deal with Sir John A. Macdonald to build a railway from Victoria to Nanaimo to distract B.C. voters from the fact that the promise of a transcontinental railway has been delayed. The last spike of the E & N is driven, and Robbie and Sir John descend to the lowest level of the Dunsmuir pits where they consummate their deal in a two day orgy of bonded whiskey, cold chicken. In a devastating final scene, the family secret emerges from the closet of the Dunsmuir's castle on the eve of its inauguration...