New cook Judy is tasked with delivering food to Theo, the young lord of the manor known for hating strangers, as other staff plot her failure. She arrives as Theo suffers a sensory outburst, leading to chaos. Judy observes Theo and privately deduces he may be autistic. Her attempt to use a special mill to calm him backfires, as a noblewoman accuses her of causing the disturbance and using a sacred object for evil. Guards are ordered to seize and whip Judy before expelling her, leaving her fate hanging as she desperately cries out.