After accepting a position as a live-in caretaker at a secluded country estate, a young woman is charged with caring for two recently orphaned children, Miles and Flora Fairchild. The house is vast, quiet, and governed by strict rules—some rooms off-limits, some questions discouraged. As time passes, the caretaker becomes increasingly unsettled by the children’s behavior and the oppressive stillness of the estate. Whispers of past staff, unexplained sounds, and unsettling encounters.