Content in brief Setting: Atwater's room at the museum / we meet his archaeologist colleague, Nosworth / They receive a visit from Dr Crutch who is seeking employment at the museum / Dr Crutch's manuscript goes missing, only to be found later (by which time Dr Crutch has left, thereby necessitating a further visit from him) / Action then moves to Barlow's flat when Atwater visits him / we meet Fotheringham, '"one of the sub-editors of a spiritualist paper"' / Fotheringham has a depressing conversation with Atwater at the bar later that evening .
Setting: Atwater's room at the museum / we meet his archaeologist colleague, Nosworth / They receive a visit from Dr Crutch who is seeking employment at the museum / Dr Crutch's manuscript goes missing, only to be found later (by which time Dr Crutch has left, thereby necessitating a further visit from him) / Action then moves to Barlow's flat when Atwater visits him / we meet Fotheringham, '"one of the sub-editors of a spiritualist paper"' / Fotheringham has a depressing conversation with Atwater at the bar later that evening .