L'abîme

At the stroke of ten on a fog‑laden November night, the great bell of St. Paul reverberates through London’s winding streets, its mournful echo mingling with the distant chimes of smaller churches. In the shadow of the Hospice for Found Children, a veiled woman moves with purpose, her steps tracing a dark maze in the mud‑slicked cobbles. She watches a young caretaker named Sally emerge from a hidden door, their brief encounter charged with an unspoken urgency that hints at concealed motives and forgotten debts.

Both women are bound to the hospice’s fragile world, where kindness is a rare commodity and every exchange carries weight. As the veil lifts and questions linger—what does the mysterious benefactor truly seek, and why does Sally’s gentle spirit attract such intense scrutiny?—listeners are drawn into a tightly wound drama of secrets, compassion, and the thin line between duty and desire.