
been set on fire. He collapses in the snow and is
believed to be dead.
Years later, lawyer John Carter and his assistant
Ingrid arrive in a small Massachusetts town. John
meets with the town's nobles, Mayor Adams, Tess
Howard, Sheriff Bill Mason and Charlie Towman.
John is revealed to be the lawyer of Jeffrey Butler,
Wilfred's grandson, and is trying to sell the Butler
mansion for $50,000 by noon the next day. After a
call to his wife, John is revealed to be having an
affair with Ingrid. The two stay the night at the
Butler mansion, unaware that they are being
watched. After dinner, the two go upstairs to a
bedroom to have sex. The unknown person walks in
on them and kills them both. The killer calls the
police and reveals himself to be Marianne.