Chapter 16
Week 6, Instructor Calendar, October 1896
O, answer me! Let me not burst in ignorance...
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Concordia couldn’t be sure until she checked with Miss Phillips tomorrow. She had only a glimpse of the amulet from the back of the crowd during the exhibit opening, but it looked the same. Remembering what Miss Phillips had said about its magnetic properties, she pulled out a letter opener from the desk drawer. Sure enough, it was drawn to the stone with a soft click.
She sat back in her father’s chair and stared at it for a while. How could this be here? If her father hadn’t put it here, then who had? Was it connected to Colonel Adams’ murder?
Then she remembered the papers, and eagerly unrolled them.
January 13, 1884
My Dear Concordia,
If you are reading this, then you are
