The doctor , a widower , treats the village children kindly .
The doctor , a widower , humiliates his housekeeper ( the local midwife , with whom he is having sexual relations ) and also sexually abuses his teenage daughter .
The doctor , a widower , treats the village children kindly but humiliates his housekeeper ( the local midwife , with whom he is having sexual relations ) and also sexually abuses his teenage daughter .