As the amnesiac guest adjusts to life in the remote snowy manor, the four maids' wistful glances and the mistress's quiet collection of images suggest they harbor answers about his arrival. Candlelit evenings stir talk of spiriting away, prompting long-dormant gears to turn and memories to flicker. At midnight the great clock tolls thirteen times, releasing a dark shape from the well that drifts through the halls while faint sounds echo in the corridors, leaving the visitor to question what is real and what is awakening.