A Scandalous Marriage
“Or the second.
Devon had tossed his jacket and neckcloth onto the table. He was not a patient man. Waiting did not suit him. He paced the perimeter of the outer room, listening to Leah’s soft moans in the bedroom and worrying. And it did not sound as if Leah was coming closer to having the baby. The pains were not steady and regular.
This was his fault. He shouldn’t have chased her. He didn’t even understand why he’d done so.
When he thought he heard her call his name, he decided he had had eno...ugh. Impetuously, he flung back the curtain.
Old Edith sat on the far end of the bed. Leah lay on her side, her legs bent, her eyes shut. She was naked save for the sheet covering her body. Her arms hugged her belly protectively. She appeared oblivious to the world around her, concentrating completely on the child struggling for life.
“There must be something I can do,” he said almost desperately. “We can’t just let her keep on like that hour after hour.”
“Have you ever been in a birthing room, my lord?”MoreLess
Devon had tossed his jacket and neckcloth onto the table. He was not a patient man. Waiting did not suit him. He paced the perimeter of the outer room, listening to Leah’s soft moans in the bedroom and worrying. And it did not sound as if Leah was coming closer to having the baby. The pains were not steady and regular.
This was his fault. He shouldn’t have chased her. He didn’t even understand why he’d done so.
When he thought he heard her call his name, he decided he had had eno...ugh. Impetuously, he flung back the curtain.
Old Edith sat on the far end of the bed. Leah lay on her side, her legs bent, her eyes shut. She was naked save for the sheet covering her body. Her arms hugged her belly protectively. She appeared oblivious to the world around her, concentrating completely on the child struggling for life.
“There must be something I can do,” he said almost desperately. “We can’t just let her keep on like that hour after hour.”
“Have you ever been in a birthing room, my lord?”MoreLess
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