A young couple finds themselves in difficult financial straits. The man is out of work and spends his days walking the streets, without so much as a cent in his pocket to buy food. Heโs so weak that he collapses in front of a store window. The storeโs owner, an elderly man, comes to the manโs aid and offers him a job. His new job requires him to spend all day sitting and keeping watch on the small room at the end of a corridor.