Saving Grace (2014)
“Lord Sutherland has gone to London to meet with our solicitor … Samuel rested his chin on his arms as he leaned forward against the fence. “Elizabeth died — in childbirth.” He didn’t elaborate, and Grace, facing him as she stood on the bench, did not press. She had asked about his daughter and how it was that the Sutherland family did not know of her existence. Samuel had just begun his story, yet Grace could see that the telling pained him already.
“Elizabeth was in fine health, right up to the day her labor began,” he explained. “So well that I’d begged her to take care of herself. She was nothing if not the very beat of life — attentive and active, involved in everything around her. Being with child only seemed to intensify those traits.” The wistful smile of memory touched Samuel’s lips, making Grace yearn to know how it would feel to be loved and cherished as much as Samuel had loved and cherished Elizabeth.
“We had agreed — prior to our child’s arrival — that I would attend he...r during the birth — as her physician.”MoreLess
“Elizabeth was in fine health, right up to the day her labor began,” he explained. “So well that I’d begged her to take care of herself. She was nothing if not the very beat of life — attentive and active, involved in everything around her. Being with child only seemed to intensify those traits.” The wistful smile of memory touched Samuel’s lips, making Grace yearn to know how it would feel to be loved and cherished as much as Samuel had loved and cherished Elizabeth.
“We had agreed — prior to our child’s arrival — that I would attend he...r during the birth — as her physician.”MoreLess
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