Chapter 44
Christmas Recess, 1898
It is not easy to speak the unvarnished, uncorrupted truth. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
Capshaw and Concordia took a hansom cab from her mother’s house to pay a call upon Miss Banning. She wished they could have done this a week ago.
The local newspapers—taking only a brief Christmas respite to publish accounts of how the wealthy and famous spent their holiday—had not relented in their conjecture over Maynard’s guilt. Maynard had respected Lady Dunwick’s wish that he keep his distance from Charlotte. Despite Langdon’s protests, he had moved out of Sycamore House and into lodgings off campus. No doubt it had been a sad Christmas for them both.
Capshaw had needed the time to be sure of his facts, for course. Finding people during the holiday season had slowed
