Chapter 36
Week 12, Instructor Calendar, May 1898
Concordia was happy to return to Willow Cottage, although when David brought her back from the hospital, Miss Jenkins summarily put her to bed. Concordia was too exhausted from the events of the past three days to put up much of a protest. It had taken all of her energy to insist to Mother that she would be perfectly fine recuperating at her college residence.
Before she retired, however, she couldn’t help but notice the special attention the girls paid to David.
“Oh, Mr. Bradley!” one girl exclaimed. “Don’t leave us so soon. Ruby has made tea, and her scones are divine. Won’t you stay?”
With a sideways grin at Concordia, David had agreed. Concordia, of course, knew the young ladies would pump him for information about the engagement a
