Heavy rains force Polly Plum and her valet Montgolfier Handgraves to seek lodging in a small town on their way back to Worcester. Soon Polly discovers she has arrived on the night young socialite Lionel Hampstead's apparent suicide. Guided by troubled dreams concerning the case and Hampstead's spectre, Polly and Handgraves soon discover that Lionel Hampstead may have not only been the victim of foul play but that there's something sinister lurking in the past of Hampstead himself and his bride to be, Ivy Proust. Loosely based on true events!