One night in Northern Scotland, a storm blows near the home of couple Edo and Elizabeth as they eat dinner. Edo is an elderly man, and Elizabeth is his much younger partner. Edo is wealthy and eccentric; Elizabeth is a successful American banker in Rome. Elizabeth enjoys the order in their relationship, and Edo’s tales of how he grew up in Africa. The couple has sex, and goes to sleep. The next morning, Elizabeth wakes and reads in bed, as she happily listens to Edo talk to the gardener outside. Elizabeth reflects on how they met. A friend of hers in Rome, Nestor, had invited her to stay with his family in Scotland. When she arrived, Nestor was nowhere to be found, and his uncle, Edo, was there to pick her up. She ended up staying with Edo, and their affair began. Months later, Elizabeth, Edo, Nestor, and two of Nestor’s cousins are at Edo’s estate. The men talk about farts, and try to make Elizabeth uncomfortable. Edo belittles Elizabeth about her class. Edo and Elizabeth go to a pond to look at geese, and Edo asks her if she is interested in marriage. She tells him she is not, and they both feel something deflate in their relationship. When they get back to the house, Nestor and his cousins have carved pumpkins for Halloween, which excites Elizabeth and makes her feel camaraderie with them, while it upsets Edo. He calls her into the house, and sees her as if she is from an earlier part of his life, which seems to solidify the age gap and difference between them.