The Bloodied Cravat (2013)
“I fear for Lady Perry and must go to Grosvenor Square at once. Shall I escort you across the way to your father?”
“No! If Lady Perry is having difficulty giving birth, I might be able to help.”
My eyebrows must have risen all the way to my scalp.
“Not me personally. But a midwife I know who is very skilled.”
“A midwife?” I repeated skeptically. “Miss Lavender, Lord Perry is an earl. I have no doubt he has the finest physicians in London overseeing his wife’s care. Come, I shall escort you to yo...ur father.”
“No! I’m going with you. Perhaps I can persuade someone at Lord Perry’s house that a midwife is needed. I must. Even if her physicians save Lady Perry, no man can know what it’s like for a woman to lose a baby.”
I paused and studied the woman before me. She was ardent on the subject, most expressly so. “Why do you think a midwife would be better able to help Lady Perry?”
“A good midwife practices cleanliness. Faith, the stories I’ve heard of women dying because some physician won’t even wash his hands after—”MoreLess
“No! If Lady Perry is having difficulty giving birth, I might be able to help.”
My eyebrows must have risen all the way to my scalp.
“Not me personally. But a midwife I know who is very skilled.”
“A midwife?” I repeated skeptically. “Miss Lavender, Lord Perry is an earl. I have no doubt he has the finest physicians in London overseeing his wife’s care. Come, I shall escort you to yo...ur father.”
“No! I’m going with you. Perhaps I can persuade someone at Lord Perry’s house that a midwife is needed. I must. Even if her physicians save Lady Perry, no man can know what it’s like for a woman to lose a baby.”
I paused and studied the woman before me. She was ardent on the subject, most expressly so. “Why do you think a midwife would be better able to help Lady Perry?”
“A good midwife practices cleanliness. Faith, the stories I’ve heard of women dying because some physician won’t even wash his hands after—”MoreLess
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