In findesiecle Copenhagen parttime prostitute Charlotte and her lumpensidekick Fru Schleswig have taken on jobs as cleaning ladies of dubioustalent to tide them... » 

In findesiecle Copenhagen parttime prostitute Charlotte and her lumpensidekick Fru Schleswig have taken on jobs as cleaning ladies of dubioustalent to tide them over the harsh winter of 1897. But the home of theirneurotic new employer the widow Krak soon reveals itself to be riddled withdark secrets including the existence of a demonic machine rumoured to swallowpeople alive. Rudely catapulted into twentyfirstcentury London the haplessduo discover a whole new world of glass laboursaving devices and hecticimpossible romance. «