Chapter 27
Week 10, Instructor Calendar, April 1896
Concordia, Mr. Bradley, and Miss Hamilton waited in Concordia’s sitting room. They had been ordered to stay out of the way as Miss Jenkins and Dr. Musgrave, the physician that Mr. Bradley had found, attended to Sophia. Ruby was occupied with keeping the all-too-curious student residents of Willow Cottage in their rooms.
Concordia, now in dry clothing, cradled a cup of strong tea that Ruby had brought for each of them before disappearing upstairs. She looked over at Mr. Bradley, who was toweling his hair. His shoes and jacket had been placed in front of the hearth, wisps of steam coming from them as they dried.
“Mr. Bradley, why don’t you sit closer to the fire?” Concordia invited.
He complied, but answered with a grin, “I liked i
