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In February 1817, Aunt Greysteel rents a gloomy house in Padua to support Flora, who has become withdrawn and solitary. During a sudden and violent storm, Flora behaves strangely, stepping onto a balcony despite the weather and claiming to see someone in the street. Aunt Greysteel later encounters a mysterious woman in the house who resembles the ghost of Jonathan Strange's deceased wife, deepening the atmosphere of supernatural unease.