Chapter 41
Week 13, Instructor Calendar December 1898
A woman is allowed much less freedom of posture than a man. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
David jumped Sanbourne as soon as he entered. The struggle seemed to take forever, the pair painfully colliding with a tool-laden workbench, a utility sink, and a table rigged with pointed knobs that gave a faint hiss in protest. Concordia scrambled in the dark for some implement that would help. Finally, she gave up on ladylike propriety and launched herself like a banshee upon Sanbourne’s back, knocking them all to the floor. David subdued him with a twist of an arm and a chokehold around his neck.
She got to her feet and pushed the wall switch. Harsh electric light flooded the room and dazzled her dark-adjusted eyes. Sanbourne stopped struggling and s
