The Ellison household is the epitome of Victorian respectability Their comfortable London home is cared for by efficient servants, while the Ellison daughters take tea with their friends or do good works for charity Sheltered from the grim realities of the outside world, even the gruesome murder of a young girl of their acquaintance is not permitted to alter their privileged, stifling routine Clearly the unfortunate girl must have kept bad company, and deserved her hideous fate