In which the tender pursuit of a long-desired country life at an ancient Dorsetshire house slowly unveils the subtle presence of an unknown ghost, whose identity remains elusive until realized only in retrospect. Amidst the quiet rhythms of domesticity and the mysterious disappearance of her husband, Mary Boyne confronts deeper secrets entwined with past misdeeds and spectral visitations, all guarded by the inscrutable silence of the old house.