▁her . ▁ ▁While ▁struggling ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁new ▁life , ▁restore ▁the ▁der el ict ▁house , ▁and ▁care ▁for ▁Bun ny , ▁Qu o yle ▁meets ▁W ave y ▁P row se , ▁a ▁wid ow ▁whose ▁young ▁son , ▁Harry , ▁has ▁a ▁learning ▁dis ability . ▁W ave y ▁and ▁Qu o yle ▁gradually ▁develop ▁a ▁deep ening ▁relationship . ▁W ave y ▁eventually ▁adm its ▁she ▁pret ends ▁to ▁be ▁wid owed , ▁ash amed ▁that ▁her ▁phil and ering ▁husband ▁left ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁pre gn ant . ▁Qu o yle ▁lear ns ▁about ▁his ▁uns av ory ▁family ▁history . ▁The ▁ancient ▁Qu o yles ▁were ▁pir ates ▁that ▁ran ▁ships ▁a ground ▁and ▁sav ag ely ▁pill aged ▁them . ▁When ▁those ▁Qu o yles ▁were ▁driven ▁out , ▁they ▁moved ▁their ▁house ▁over ▁a ▁fro zen ▁lake ▁to ▁its ▁present ▁location , ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁Qu o yle ' s ▁Point . ▁Qu o yle ' s ▁cousin ▁N olan , ▁an ▁old ▁herm it , ▁reve als ▁that ▁young ▁Ag nis ▁was ▁ra ped ▁and ▁im pre gn ated ▁by ▁her ▁te en - aged ▁brother ▁( Qu o yle ' s ▁father ), ▁resulting ▁in ▁an ▁abort ion . ▁▁ ▁Qu o yle ▁applies ▁for ▁an ▁in k ▁set ter ▁job ▁at ▁the ▁Gam my ▁Bird . ▁O wner ▁and ▁publish er , ▁Jack ▁Bug git , ▁instead ▁h ires ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁rep orter ▁covering ▁auto ▁w re cks ▁and ▁the