Chapter 29
Week 8, Instructor Calendar November 1898
Command of temper, delicacy of feeling, and elegance of manner—all these are demanded of the persons who become leaders of society. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
At last, Concordia caught up with Maynard after her morning classes. She tapped on his partly open door.
“I am on my way to retrieve Miss Banning, and visit Miss Crandall,” Concordia began conversationally, as she came in and closed the door behind her. Miss Banning’s office was right beside the dean’s, and she did not wish to be overheard. The old lady had the ears of a bat.
Maynard waved an impatient hand. “Fine. Give Lady Dunwick my regards if you see her. Leave the door open on your way out, if you please. I am expecting a student.”
She gritted her teeth. The man could tax the p
