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The film opens in a London taxi cab, which is carrying elderly barrister Wilfred Owen ([[Charles Laughton|Laughton]]) home from the [[hospital]] after an extended convalescence. With Sir Wilfred is his nurse of thirty years, Mrs. Plimsoll, herself a [[widow]], who saw him through his long recuperation.

The film opens in a London taxi cab, which is carrying elderly barrister Wilfred Owen ([[Charles Laughton|Laughton]]) home from the [[hospital]] after an extended convalescence. With Sir Wilfred is his nurse of thirty years, Mrs. Plimsoll, herself a [[widow]], who saw him through his long recuperation.

Upon arriving home, Sir Wilfred is met at the door by his old friend Inspector Fox of [[New Scotland Yard]].

Upon arriving home, Sir Wilfred is met at the door by his old friend Inspector Fox of [[New Scotland Yard]]. Fox informs him that their mutual acquaintance Mrs. French, a rich and elderly widow of the [[Indian campaign]], has passed away, and the authorities suspect foul play. Specifically, although nothing was taken from the French apartment, the glass around the latch of one outside window had been shattered, as if a [[burglar]] had come in, been interrupted in his crime, and killed Mrs. French in [[self-defense]]. Owen commiserates, but thinks nothing more of it that night.