Chapter 1: November the Twenty-Eighth. Until Ten P.m

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌⁠Monday came, the day named for Mrs. Manston’s journey from London to her husband’s house; a day of singular and great events, influencing the present and future of nearly all the personages whose actions in a complex drama form the subject of this record.

The proceedings of the steward demand the first notice. Whilst taking his breakfast on this particular morning, the clock pointing to eight, the