Chapter 20
Week 7, Instructor Calendar, March 1898
Let’s teach ourselves that honourable stop,
Not to outsport discretion.
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Concordia alighted from the carriage, David at her elbow to steady her. The Isleys’ residence was an elegant structure, with deep-set gables and grand white columns set at intervals along the porch. Concordia admired the freshly painted, crisp-white gingerbread molding that adorned the wraparound porch and railings and tall urns of clipped topiary flanking the granite steps. The décor had been enhanced with festive Chinese lanterns strung between the balusters and be-ribboned vases of red tulips. Music from a string quartet drifted through the windows.
This was only a dinner? Concordia wondered how Lily managed to get her parsimonious husband to go along w
