 A cat burglar wakes the grandmotherly Phyllis when he breaks into her house, where she sleeps next to her husband, Eric. When she can t rouse Eric, she gets up alone and conks out the intruder with a frying pan. She strips off his clothes, puts them on, takes his keys and drives off into the night, leaving her nightgown. The intruder wakes and, for the next twenty-four hours, lives in an altered state.