Chapter 18
Week 6, Instructor Calendar Halloween 1898
A ballroom should be very well lighted, exceedingly well ventilated, and very gayly dressed. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
Sycamore House was awash in the glow of luminarias and hurricane lamps lining the stone steps. The young ladies had certainly outdone themselves this year, Concordia thought, noting the massive bows atop the columns wrapped in bittersweet vines. Free of ants’ nests, one hoped. Clusters of chrysanthemums, pumpkins and autumnal gourds flanked the sides of the double doors, opened to let in a cooling breeze.
Concordia left her wrap in the foyer and went in search of David. She found him chatting with the clipboard-wielding Miss Jenkins. That lady was formidably dressed tonight as Artemis the huntress, wearing a simple white
