Chapter 37
Week 13, Instructor Calendar December 1898
Education is always a power. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
Concordia was grateful for Lady Dunwick’s offer of the carriage to take her and Charlotte back to campus.
Once Charlotte had packed an overnight bag, they were on their way. The long-anticipated snow had started to fall, quickly coating the freezing streets and sidewalks. They huddled under the lap rug.
Progress was agonizingly slow along the slick streets, amid the crush of Christmas shopping traffic in the downtown district. The vehicle continually stopped for pedestrians darting across, expressmen unloading deliveries, and passenger-laden streetcars. Storefronts sported jaunty red bows and fresh boughs of greenery across their doorways, now dusted in sparkling snow. Tinkling shop
