Chapter 12
Week 4, Instructor Calendar, September/October 1896
One woe doth tread upon another’s heel,
So fast they follow.
IV.vii
“Notebooks out.” Concordia gestured to the blackboard. “You have twenty minutes to write on today’s theme.” She swiveled the board to tilt it more towards the light, amid the sighs of girls who struggled to undo buckles on satchel flaps and twitch skirts out of the way of each other’s feet. It was a rainy, gloomy day, and the wall lamps did little to brighten the far corners. The weather matched the overall mood of the campus. The happiness of Founder’s Day seemed a distant memory.
Concordia suppressed a sigh herself. She didn’t like to begin the period with a writing exercise. Although this was only her second year at Hartford Women’s College and her fo
