Chapter 7
Week 3, Instructor Calendar, February 1898
By heaven, I’ll know thy thoughts.
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The trolley ride from Hartford Women’s College to the Main Street stop near Hartford Settlement House gave Concordia the chance to think, but it didn’t seem like nearly enough time to come up with a plan. Who was this woman? Where did she come from? And why had she come for Eli now? Without any real information to go on, Concordia would have to innovate as she learned more. If the woman were indeed Eli’s mother, would she not care enough about his emotional well-being to refrain from abruptly uprooting the child?
Concordia walked the last few blocks to the settlement house and up the stone steps, dodging the children playing hoops near the entrance, her steps and her heart heavy.
She’d kno
