简介：Inthelatenineteenthcentury,EllenCreedworksasthelive-incompaniontoMissLeonoraFiske,aretiredactresswholivesintheEnglishcountrysideandwhostillretainshertheatricalmannerisms.Ellenreceivesnoticethatthelandladyofhertwosisters,EmilyCreedandLouisaCreed,whocurrentlyliveinLondon,isthreateningtocallthepolicetohaulthemawaytoanasylumbecauseoftheirdisruptivebehaviorduetotheirmentallyderangedstate.Ellenwillnotallowhersisterstobeinstitutionalized,andconvincesMissFisketoallowthemtostaywiththemforacoupleofdays.MissFiskewasunawareoftheirderangedmentalstatewhensheagreedandisalsounawarethatEllenhopestomaketheirstaypermanent.BothissueseventuallybecomeapparenttoMissFiske,whocannottoleratehowEmilyandLouisadisruptherhomelife.However,Ellen"convinces"MissFisketotakeanextendedleavefromthehouse,whileEllentellshersistersthatsheboughtthehousefromMissFiske,whichthesistersarenottotellanyoneelse.ThesecretsthatElleniskeepingaboutthesituationthreatentobringherandhersisters'livesdownwhentheyreceiveavisitfromtheirdistantnephewAlbertFeather,acadwhohashisownfinancialwellbeingashismainpriority.…