Chapter 10
Week 5, Instructor Calendar, March 1898
Put out the light, and then put out the light.
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Although the trip was only six blocks, the Saturday afternoon shopping traffic slowed them down. Concordia perched on the seat’s edge the entire time, anxious to get this over with. At last, they reached the boarding house.
“We’d like to see Mrs. Tooey,” Capshaw said to the maid.
She escorted them to the visiting parlor, where the landlady allowed her boarders to receive company. “I’ll let ’er know yer here.”
They waited. What was taking so long, Concordia wondered, checking her watch.
The maid returned. “I’m sorry, but she’s not answering, and ’er door’s locked. I suppose she’s out.” She pursed her lips. “Funny, though. She said she was goin’ to lie down ’cause she weren’t feel
