Chapter 14
Week 5, Instructor Calendar, October 1896
Speak. I am bound to hear.
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The mood on campus was picking up. Lieutenant Capshaw was able to determine that the collapsed railing was indeed the result of careless workers, a relief to everyone’s mind.
In the meantime, preparations for the Halloween Masquerade Ball had begun in earnest. Perhaps that was why there had been no new pranks in the past few weeks. Practical jokes were a time-honored All Hallows Eve tradition, however, and the staff would need to keep their wits about them. At least having the students all in one place for the ball would make it easier to keep an eye on them.
She’d heard of the troubles that other colleges had suffered on Halloween, including the pranks at Lafayette a few years back, where the boys po
