“He went past me into the day nursery, and I have no doubt that he then went into the night nursery.”
“Never mind that. I only want the facts that are in your actual knowledge. There were two nurseries, you say?”
“Yes.”
“Will you be good enough to tell us how they were arranged?”
“The day and night nurseries are in the right wing of the house, on the third floor.”
“What other rooms are on that floor?”
“My room, a bathroom, and a small sewing room.”
“Please tell us what the arrangement would be as you enter the front door.”
“Let me see—when you come in through the door you come into a very large hall that takes up almost all the central portion of the house. The central portion was an old farmhouse, and the wings, that contain all the rooms really, were added by Mrs. Ives. She knocked out the inside structure of the farmhouse and left it just a shell that she made into a big hall three stories high, with galleries around it on the second and third floors leading to the bedroom wings. There were two staircases at the back of the hall, leading to the right and left of the galleries. I’m afraid that I’m not being very clear, but it’s a little confusing.”
“You are being quite clear. Tell us just how the rooms open out as you come through the door.”