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Chapter Six

Pearl waited beneath a borrowed umbrella for Alfred Farmingham to unlock the door to the schoolhouse. He had arrived at the boardinghouse just as breakfast was served, and Mrs. Calloway had set a place for him at the crowded table. Judging from his corpulent figure, he didn’t miss many meals. He had introduced himself as a councilman from Saugatuck, the town upriver, appointed to show her the school building.

Before breakfast, Amanda had offered to join her, but the moment she’d heard Isaac and Sadie would be spending the day with Mrs. Calloway, she’d changed her mind. Fiona and Louise also declined, apparently having decided overnight to forgive Garrett for his misleading advertisement.

“I’ve asked Roland Decker to find employment for all of you,” Pearl told them.