An island, and on the island a castle, and in the castle guests… At night, moans are heard from the basement; something very much like a ghost wanders the corridors, and the relationships among the guests can hardly be called cloudless. A corpse is just about to appear. And it does appear—right as in the movies. Only Anfisa and her friend Zhenka are not mere spectators, but unwilling participants in a sinister and mysterious drama unfolding on an island in Lake Ladoga… Again it’s night, rain drums on the roof, the waves make dull noise, and the ending draws inevitably closer…