In which a well-known American singer’s first night at the opera serves as the setting for a quietly tense evening featuring sisters Laura and Selina, and the attentive, if somewhat perplexed, Mr. Wendover. The delicate interplay of social expectations, unspoken suspicions, and a sudden absence unfolds with a faint but persistent air of mystery, leaving one young lady to wrestle with an uneasy sense of betrayal and an uncertain, yet pivotal, choice.