A wealthy landlord that resides in a decadent life along with his wife and son. His fire - his wife would call it his addiction - is music, and he spends a great deal of his fortune on awards held for the locals in his music room that is glorious. He feels threatened by his own neighbor, a commoner that has attained riches through business transactions. As he sacrifices wealth and his family hoping to retain it, his passion for music and pursuit for respect will be his undoing.