A watchmaker and a woman he met while working as a maid in Saint Petersburg arrive in London, where they are questioned by officials about their reasons for travel and their relationship. After passing through the checkpoint, they go to his residence, where he offers her shelter for the night, revealing she is a homeless exile with no one else to turn to. He offers her a room upstairs, and she accepts, placing her safety and fate entirely in the hands of the one person she knows in the city.