It is Christmas Eve, 1857 and the youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Bellingham is woken late at night by sounds in the room above her. With the curiosity of youth she goes to investigate and is amazed by what she sees, her own sister and one of the footmen, however roles have been reversed as it isn't her ladyship giving the orders. What she sees arouses new feelings in Matilda and she can't wait to explore these feelings further.