The Circular Staircase -- Chapter III

For reasons I can’t explain, this chapter didn’t go out to you guys yesterday, as it was scheduled to do. With my apologies, here’s what you should’ve gotten.

CHAPTER III: MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS

I had dinner served in the breakfast-room. Somehow the huge dining-room depressed me, and Thomas, cheerful enough all day, allowed his spirits to go down with th…