A midwife? Merlin, it was no wonder she had never seen the other woman before – she certainly had no cause for one of them and assuming her mother didn’t get her way Lena thought she likely never would. The mere notion of childbirth filled her with the kind of dread she associated with balls and men whose eyes lingered a little too long.
The glances from this girl, however, filled her with something entirely different. Encouraged Lena turned a little on her barstool towards the girl and returned the smile.
“They ought to pay you a fortune for that sort of work. Where would any of us be without a helpful midwife after all?” Lena asked with a small teasing smile. “Certainly my brother would not have been able to work out how to enter the world without assistance.”
The glances from this girl, however, filled her with something entirely different. Encouraged Lena turned a little on her barstool towards the girl and returned the smile.
“They ought to pay you a fortune for that sort of work. Where would any of us be without a helpful midwife after all?” Lena asked with a small teasing smile. “Certainly my brother would not have been able to work out how to enter the world without assistance.”
Bronwyn Moony @"Elsie Beauregard"
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