Chapter 27
Week 8, Instructor Calendar November 1898
The first joy of convalescence is of gratitude, and the second that we have created an interest and a compassion among our friends. ~Mrs. John Sherwood
Concordia finally coaxed Miss Lovelace to visit Miss Smedley in the infirmary the morning before she was due to leave. “I will accompany you.”
Miss Jenkins had just finished helping Alison change into a borrowed traveling dress and had settled her in a chair. The girl had lost weight during her ordeal. Her brown eyes were glassy above sunken cheekbones, her pale hair dull, her thin hands resting limply atop the blanket laid over her lap. She barely acknowledged Concordia’s greeting.
Miss Lovelace was nearly as pale as Miss Smedley. She perched awkwardly on the bed. “How are you feeli
