Twilight is the story of a lady who is banished from Versailles by the king. She tries to make the best of living on her country estate, but although she entertains lovers and friends from Paris, she comes to find it intolerable. Life at court was the only thing that gave her existence meaning, and she moves inexorably towards suicide. n Moonbeam Alley, a traveller delayed in a French port explores the sailors' quarter. Enticed by a voice singing an aria, he learns the story of those who run it and frequent it: a tale of violence, passion, and a marriage that is no true marriage.