General Heatherstone arrives in Cloomber carrying a mysterious guilt. His bizarre behavior arouses the curiosity of the whole neighborhood: he stays with his family in a home protected by a mighty fence, forcing his loved ones to live in a state of forced confinement. The unusual atmosphere that you breathe in those parts does not suggest anything good and the situation precipitates a crescendo of tension with the arrival of three oriental monks who have incredibly survived a shipwreck ...