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Early nineteenth century. Returning to his home, an unexpected guest is forced to take refuge in a solemn but disquieting mansion. He is greeted by a strange old woman, whose behavior is totally disturbing. It will soon discover the terrible truth that awaits dormant in the heart of the home, the terror that slumbers after a dismal black door. In light of the fireplace and with an impending storm, an old man decides to tell his granddaughter this terrifying story turned into legend.

This is about the Spanish writer Francisco Ayala who in his youth, while being student of law, became a film critic in the very prestigious papers Ernesto Giménez Caballero's "La Gazeta Literaria" and José Ortega y Gasset's "Revista de Occidente" in Madrid on the 1920's decade. Otherwhise Francisco Ayala introduces his involvements on his social and cultural environnement in his novels and avant-gardist writings such as "El boxeador y un ángel" or "Cazador en el alba".