Summary

Tsukiko knocks on Celia's door and invites her to a dinner party when the circus arrives in London. Celia agrees to join Tsukiko at a midnight dinner, although she initially protests. Celia's arrival and Chandresh's home is a surprise to everyone, but she is welcomed warmly. All of the dinner guests converse about their plans for the circus, but Celia is distracted by her father's spirit haunting her. She engages in mild flirtation with Chandresh' assistant, Marco Alisdair, and notes that Tara Burgess seems particularly bothered throughout the dinner. At one moment, her discussion is lively and engaged, but the next, she is withdrawn and sullen.

In 1891, when the circus is just beginning, Herr Thiessen receives a business card with a date and time stamped on it. It is clearly the destination of the circus, although this...