Alexandra isnt normal and hasnt been for quite awhile,shes the counts daughter, and when she suddenly decided to not come out of her room, the count ordered the guards to investigate, the girl said she was fine and just wanted to be left alone, the guard and count left her alone, 6 years later when shes still experiencing the same behaivior, the count is hiring countless people to come to try and have her tell them whats wrong, after having the count exhausted all his material and still have gotten no results, a stranger comes to town from a country over, just passing through and looking for a place to stay, within a day he knows so much about the town, more than some people who haved lived there their entire lives do the count asks him to talk to his daughter and he does it free of charge, what he finds is.... ya know what? read the book if you wanna find out!